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Police in the US kill their 558th person of 2016

A father of five has been shot dead by police in the US state of Louisiana. Officers were sent to a store in Baton Rouge after receiving an anonymous call from a member of the public, who said that a man selling music CDs had threatened him with a gun. They killed 37-year-old Alton Sterling, sparking protests across in the state. Mr Sterling was the 558th person US police have killed this yearWARNING: Contains some upsetting scenes.

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