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July 6, 2020Fairfax, Mo. |  By: AP

Man arrested in deadly Missouri shooting after standoff

FAIRFAX, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say a man has been arrested in a deadly northwest Missouri shooting after standoff.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jake Angle said the the Atchison County Sheriff's Office responded around 9:30 a.m. Monday after a man was shot in Fairfax.

The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, and the shooter retreated into an apartment. Angle said the suspected gunman exited the apartment around 10:50 a.m. and surrendered.

The name of the suspect and victim weren't immediately released. No information was released on the relationship between the two men.