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Oklahoma authorities fatally shoot man threatening officers

CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is trying to determine if a man who appeared to be threatening officers with a gun was actually armed when they fatally shot him this week. A spokesperson for OSBI says three officers shot 40-year-old Bobby Joe Johnston on Wednesday as he ran toward them “in a threatening manner” in Claremore, about 25 miles northeast of Tulsa. Video from KOTV-TV shows Johnston running at armed officers, holding his hands in front of him as if pointing a handgun. The OSBI will submit a report to the prosecuting attorney, who will decide whether the shooting was justified.

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