COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Police in Columbia, Missouri say a man suspected of assaulting several people was fatally shot when he rushed toward officers with a knife.
It happened Wednesday night at the Stonegate mobile home park.
A Columbia police spokesman said Thursday that 28-year-old Jordan Pruyn dropped a weapon and then barricaded himself inside a mobile home.
Spokesman Christian Tabak says officers tried for hours to negotiate with Pruyn before he came out and ran at them with a knife.
Two Columbia officers shot Pruyn, who was declared dead at a hospital.
Police say the Missouri State Highway Patrol will investigate the shooting.
