My preferred version:
“Topeka Police reportedly were forced to use deadly force after a 19 year old suspect, involved in several crimes, refused to put down his weapon.”
I write reports and to be accurate I cannot state as a fact something simply reported to me by someone else. It’s hearsay.
Yeah, I wasn’t trying to pick on you, just making fun of people out there who advance narratives.
Normal folks don’t have agendas.