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Man fatally shot by police after shooting himself

TULSA — Police tried to pull over a driver for a warrant Monday afternoon in north Tulsa.

The man ran to the back of a home near Pine and Tacoma.

“He started to try to kick in the back door of that residence,” said Officer Jeanne McKenzie with the Tulsa Police Department. “When he did that, he actually shot himself.”

Police say he then picked up the shotgun and started to run around the side of the house.

Two officers fired their weapons. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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