Fatal police shooting occurs following confrontation in small Missouri town
MO officer found individual with active warrant under a vehicle during wellness check
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A man died after he was shot by a police officer in a small town in southeast Missouri.
The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. Monday in Poplar Bluff, a town of about 16,000 residents 150 miles southwest of St. Louis. The name of the man killed has not been released, KFVS-TV reported.
Police said an officer responding to a wellness check call found a man lying under a vehicle. The officer learned the man had an active warrant for assault.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A fatal police shooting occurred in Missouri after an officer found an individual with active warrant under a vehicle during a wellness check.
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As a second officer arrived, the man got into the vehicle and locked himself inside, eventually accelerating in reverse, nearly striking an officer, police said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}One of the officers shot the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating.