ST. LOUIS (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a St. Louis police officer fatally shot a man who pointed a gun at the officer.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Police Chief John Hayden says the confrontation happened around 5 a.m. Sunday after a man sped away from officers trying to pull him over for a traffic violation.
The fleeing car crashed and the driver ran. When officers caught up to him, they tried to use a stun gun on him, but then he pointed a gun at the officer.
The man was shot several times in the torso and died at a hospital.
The suspect was not immediately identified. Hayden said officers found two types of suspected drugs in his car.
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