Police: Man killed in Missouri after aiming gun at officers

O'FALLON, Mo. — A driver who led police on a chase in suburban St. Louis was shot and killed by officers after pointing a gun at them, police said....

January 18, 2023
7:26 PM

O'FALLON, Mo. — A driver who led police on a chase in suburban St. Louis was shot and killed by officers after pointing a gun at them, police said.The shooting happened about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday on Interstate 70 in Wentzville, Missouri. Police said officers with a crime reduction task force made up of several St. Charles County departments tried to pull over a pickup truck in O'Fallon, Missouri, because the license plate didn't match the vehicle. The driver didn't stop.A few minutes later in Wentzville, police used spike strips to stop the truck, which went through a grass median and came to a stop, police said.

Jim Salter