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Police bullet ends up in suspect's gun

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SEATTLE, April 28 (UPI) -- A man killed by police in Seattle had a police officer's bullet stuck in the cylinder of his revolver.

The improbable shot was proof that the officers were justified in using force, police told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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"Physically, it is impossible to conclude anything other than the fact the suspect was pointing directly at the officers," Deputy Chief Clark Kimerer said. "I've not seen anything quite like that in my 24 years."

Kimerer said the officers were summoned by a shop owner and other witnesses who had seen the young man -- he had just turned 18 -- drop a gun while fighting with another man and then simply pick it up and stick it back in a holster. When police arrived, they ordered the man to get down on the ground, but instead he reached behind his back and pulled out his revolver.

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