Texas fugitive killed in shootout with officers

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HOUSTON (AP) — Officers have fatally shot a capital murder suspect and apprehended another following a shootout near Houston.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Friday that 48-year-old James Earl Nicholas was killed a day earlier after officers with a fugitive task force tracked him to an apartment complex. Authorities say he fired on the officers as they moved to arrest him.

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