The Associated Press
ADOLPHUS, Ky. (AP) -- A man wanted on an arrest warrant was fatally shot by a Kentucky State Police trooper on Saturday after the suspect raised a weapon toward officers, state police said.
James E. Snyder Jr., 37, of Bowling Green, was shot once after he ignored repeated orders to drop his weapon, police said.
Snyder was pronounced dead at the scene by the Allen County coroner.
The confrontation occurred at a rural residence near Adolphus when state police and Allen County deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Snyder, police said.
Snyder was wanted on a Todd County bench warrant on charges of carrying a concealed deadly weapon and tampering with anhydrous ammonia.
Snyder was armed with a handgun when confronted by the officers in a garage, police said.
Police did not say where Snyder was struck and did not identify the KSP officer who shot him. Police did not say whether Snyder fired on the officers.
The state police investigation is continuing.