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Authorities investigate death at Kan. shooting range UPDATE

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MANHATTAN, KAN.- Officers and detectives with the Riley County Police Department initiated an investigation into a death occurring at 312 Riley Ave. in Ogden, Kansas (Ogden’s Best Gun Range) on December 20, 2014.  Shortly before 4:30 PM the Riley County Police Department’s Dispatch Center received an emergent request for service and immediately dispatched officers along with emergency medical personnel.

Officers arriving on scene found that a subject later identified as Milton Barerra, 20, of Fort Riley, Kansas had suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head while renting a single lane at the shooting range. Barerra had succumbed to his injuries, which were not considered to be accidental, before emergency medical professionals could arrive.

An autopsy has been requested.

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OGDEN, Kan. (AP) — Police are investigating a death at a shooting range in Kansas.

The Manhattan Mercury reports that police and other emergency personnel responded Saturday night to a call at Ogden’s Best Guns and Gun Range. Witnesses said there was a gun-related incident inside the gun range area.

Riley County Police Department spokesman Matthew Droge says there wasn’t a robbery and that the public wasn’t in danger. No other details were immediately available.

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