5. 怪我咯：青年举枪自杀母亲报警，警察为阻止将其击毙

　　An 18-year-old Kansas man with a history of mental issues has died after police fired several rounds at him outside a hardware store.

　　美国堪萨斯州一位18岁的男子在五金店外被警方数次击中，最终身亡。该男子有精神病史。

　　Family members say that Joseph Jennings, 18, had just been released from Ransom Memorial Hospital on Saturday night after he attempted suicide by swallowing some 60 pills.

　　其家人称，这名名叫 Joseph Jennings的18岁男子曾吞服60颗药片试图自杀，上周六刚从赎金纪念医院释放回家。

　　Ottowa police were called to the parking lot of Orscheln Farm and Home for a report of a man with a gun — and found Jennings in a 'suicidal state,' his family said.

　　其家人称，渥太华警方接到报案，赶赴当地一家Orscheln Farm and Home五金店的停车场，发现一名手持手枪的男子——他们发现Jennings有自杀的企图。

　　The officers confronted Jennings and eventually shot him. Authorities have dodged questions about whether Jennings actually had a weapon and how many times he was shot.

　　警方制服了Jennings并将其射杀。对于是否Jennings确实持有武器，以及警方对他开了多少枪的问题，官方并未回应。

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