Police in Buffalo say an off-duty officer has shot and killed a suspected burglar he found ransacking his home.

Officials tell local media outlets that the officer came home early Monday afternoon to find a man leaving the house with some of the officer’s personal possessions, including a handgun.

Police officials say the officer confronted the man as he walked down the stairs to a side door. Authorities say when he refused to stop, the officer shot him outside on the sidewalk. The man died at the scene.

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