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A man shot by officers outside the Taylorville Community Credit Union in Litchfield has died.

Illinois State Police are investigating the Thanksgiving Day shooting.

Officers responded to a call of a person with a gun Thursday.

Officers arrived at the Credit Union around 10 a.m. where they located the suspect, 41-year-old Shane Boston, in the parking lot.

ISP said Boston showed a gun, and two Litchfield police officers, a Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputy, and an ISP trooper discharged their weapons.

Boston was struck and disarmed and taken to the hospital. He did not survive.

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