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Police responding to disturbance fatally shoot Tennessee man

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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A man was fatally shot by police in Tennessee who were responding to a shooting, officials said.

Clarksville police were sent to a home around 8 p.m. Saturday in response to a domestic disturbance involving a shooting, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.

A man reportedly came out of the home and fired shots when officers arrived, the TBI said in a news release. Officers returned fire, hitting Adonis Traughber, 54, the release said. Traughber died at a hospital.

No officers were injured. The officers involved were not identified.

The TBI is investigating.