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Three Cheyenne police officers on leave after suspect is killed

CHEYENNE (WNE) — A call to the Cheyenne Police Department for a domestic dispute ended in the police killing the suspect Friday evening, CPD said in a news release Monday afternoon.

The man was identified Monday as 47-year-old Cheyenne resident Patrick Flores.

The shooting occurred Friday, March 8, when police officers were dispatched to calls for a domestic disturbance with a firearm, which the agency said was around 6:18 p.m.

Dispatchers told police that he was “shooting the firearm and his wife was heard screaming.”

The call wa...