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Sheriff: 1 deputy killed, 1 critical in shooting

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting near the courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas (all times local):

1:50 p.m.

Authorities say one sheriff’s deputy is dead and another is critically wounded after they were overcome by an inmate while driving a transport vehicle near the Wyandotte County courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas.

Wyandotte County sheriff’s spokeswoman Maj. Kelli Bailiff says the suspect also was wounded in the shooting late Friday morning. He’s undergoing surgery.

No other details were released about the suspect, including his condition.

Bailiff says it’s possible the deputies were overcome with their own weapons . Bailiff says the investigation is now being handled by the police department in Kansas City, Kansas. Police Officer Zac Blair says authorities are reviewing surveillance video.

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1:15 p.m.

Police say two Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputies have been shot and wounded near the county courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas, and a suspect also was hurt.

Police Officer Zac Blair says the shooting happened Friday.

Blair says the wounded have been taken to the University of Kansas Hospital. He referred questions about their conditions to the sheriff’s department, which hasn’t returned a phone message.

He says no other suspects are being sought in the shooting.

Details of what led to the shootings are not been released.