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TILLICUM, Wash. (AP) — Police say a homicide suspect has been killed in a shootout with a dozen officers along Interstate 5 in Washington state. Lakewood police Lt. Chris Lawler says officers were pursuing the suspect on Interstate 5 after a killing Saturday morning in University Place, near Tacoma. He says the suspect immediately began firing at officers as he drove south on the highway, then exited and began heading back north. Officers used a maneuver to force his car to spin out near an exit, and the suspect then took cover behind his car and engaged in a shootout during which 12 officers from three police agencies fired back, killing him. No officers were injured in the gunfire. The highway is closed in the area for the investigation.

Suspect killed in police shootout on Washington freeway