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Man shot by police after trespassing call at Virginia home

Roanoke police said they got a call about a trespasser at a local residence. One man was shot and wounded in the incident.
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ROANOKE, Va. — Police responding to a trespassing call at a Virginia home shot and wounded a man early Saturday. 

Roanoke Police Department spokeswoman Caitlyn Cline said on Sunday that the wounded man was in stable condition at a hospital. 

His name and age weren't immediately released. 

In a news release, the police department says the man repeatedly told officers that he had a firearm and wouldn't comply with their commands before officers fired their weapons at him outside a home. 

No officers were injured from the incident.

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