ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Police shot and killed a man who fired at officers Sunday night, authorities said.
Ferguson Police Chief Frank McCall said police were called to the 600 block of Carson Road shortly after 8:30 p.m. for a man flourishing a handgun. When they arrived, the man fired at them.
They requested backup, and several area departments responded, including the North County Police Cooperative and St. Louis County Police Department.
Officers located the suspect, who was ordered to show his hands. He fired two more shots at police, McCall said.
St. Louis County and North County Cooperative officers returned fire, striking him in the 600 block of Tiggin Avenue, two blocks south of the original address.
CPR and other life-saving measures were performed at the scene, but he was pronounced dead a short time later. On Wednesday, he was identified as 35-year-old Jeremi Moore.
No officers were struck in the incident. A weapon was recovered at the scene.
The St. Louis County Police Department's Bureau of Crimes Against Persons is leading the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call St. Louis County police at 636-529-8210 or CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS(8477).
The St. Louis County officers involved are 33 years old with nine years of law enforcement experience and 29 years old with seven years of experience. The North County Cooperative officers are 26 years old with 2 years of experience and 40 years old with 16 years of experience.
This is the second officer-involved shooting in St. Louis County in less than 12 hours. Sunday morning, St. Louis County police fatally shot a man who had been firing his gun indiscriminately at homes in a Jennings neighborhood, striking a neighbor.