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ALAMAZOO

— A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer was killed late Monday by a man who apparently then shot himself to death, police said.

The name of the officer killed was not released.

Officers dispatched to the 1400 block of Hays Park Avenue on a report of shots being fired at about 11:18 p.m. encountered a man standing on a porch, according to a

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The 31-year-old Kalamazoo resident, whose name was not released, "advanced toward an officer, brandishing a handgun and an exchange of gunfire occurred between the suspect and the initial arriving officer," the release said.

The suspect then ran between houses on Hays Park, and within seconds officers heard a second round of gunfire. "The suspect had confronted a second officer, wherein the officer was shot and killed in the line of duty," the news release said.

"The suspect died at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound."

Public Safety's Criminal Investigations Division and its Office of Professional Standards will be investigating the incident. No further information will be released until this afternoon, according to the news release.

"Kalamazoo Public Safety requests prayers for the officer's family, loved ones and members of our department in the aftermath of this tragedy," the news release concludes.

An area several blocks around Hays Park remained blocked off hours after the incident.