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Authorities are investigating after a man was fatally shot by Sterling Heights police after an armed standoff during a welfare check.

The incident happened about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on the 44000 block of Apple Blossom Drive, near 19 Mile and Dequindre roads, Sterling Heights police said in a news release.

Officers were called to a condominium complex to make a welfare check on a “possibly suicidal” male. When they arrived, police made contact with the individual, who was holding a loaded handgun and appeared to be undergoing a mental health episode, Lt. Aaron Susalla said in the release.

The officers called for trained negotiators who arrived and began talking to the subject for over an hour.

“Ultimately, the subject pointed the handgun at

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