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The Latest: Indiana man identified police-involved shooting

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - The Latest on a fatal shooting involving Elkhart police officers (all times local):

4:20 p.m.

Authorities have identified a 29-year-old man as the person who died after gunfire involving two northern Indiana police officers.

The Elkhart Police Department says Norman Gary of Elkhart died at the scene from gunshot wounds about 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

Police Chief Ed Windbigler says the officers were at a reported burglary when they ran toward nearby gunfire. He says the officers fired shots at a car and it crashed.

Police say two men and a woman suffered non-life-threatening wounds in the gunfire. Authorities say investigators didn't immediately know whether Gary or anyone else was shot by the officers. One wounded person was in the car with Gary, but police declined to say which person that was.

The two officers were been placed on administrative leave. That's standard procedure for police involved in a shooting incident.

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10:30 a.m.

Authorities say a person is dead and three others wounded in gunfire involving two northern Indiana police officers who ran to the scene after hearing shots.

The Elkhart police chief says the person who died was in a car with one of those wounded about 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

Chief Ed Windbigler says the officers had responded to a burglary call when they heard shots nearby. He says the officers fired shots at the car and it crashed. A wounded person was found in that same block, while a fourth with a gunshot wound arrived a short time later at an Elkhart hospital.

State police Sgt. Trent Smith says it wasn't immediately clear whether shots were fired at the officers and whether those in the car were wounded by the officers.

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