Clarence E. Coats Jr.
Male, Black
Date of the incident: 5/13/2017
Columbia, Boone, MO
611 N Garth Ave
611 N Garth Ave
Columbia police and Boone County sheriff's deputies responded to reports of a man threatening people with a gun and firing shots. Clarence E. Coats Jr., 41, fired several shots at police and deputies when they arrived. He fled on foot and climbed onto a rooftop of a building where police said he fired more shots at officers. A CPD officer shot and killed him.