Officer killed in Mexican mall shootout

JUAREZ, Mexico — Police said the shooting started when several armed men attempted to rob a business inside the mall and were confronted by police. Some news reports said the robbers might have been attempting to hit an armored truck.

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More than 25 police vehicles belonging to federal, state and city police surrounded and shut down the mall.

City officials identified the slain officer as Julio Cesar Toral Reyes, 29, who was killed in the confrontation. Toral joined the Juárez police force in April 2009.

The identities of the three alleged robbers were not immediately available and the types of weapons used by them was not immediately released.

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