Police kill man during standoff in southern Indiana
Posted April 27, 2019 7:00 am
CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Police say a man who refused to drop a gun was fatally shot by an officer in southern Indiana.
Indiana State Police say local officers in Clarksville responded to a 911 call Friday night about a man who was inside a house with a gun and another person.
The man was in the doorway at one point but retreated into the house. Police say he emerged again and was shot after refusing to surrender a gun. He died at University of Louisville Hospital.
The man's name wasn't immediately released.
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