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Police kill murder suspect, snarl freeway traffic for hours

| January 9, 2020 1:55 PM

NIPTON, Calif. (AP) — A 27-year-old man killed his mother and drove about 200 miles (322 kilometers) through the Mojave Desert before he was fatally shot by police on a freeway, stranding motorists for up to 19 hours and backing up traffic for miles on the main route between Southern California and Las Vegas, authorities said.

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