Carlos A. Cruz
Male, Hispanic
Date of the incident: 1/7/2017
Independence, Jackson, MO
18926 E 37th Ter S
18926 E 37th Ter S
Police were called regarding an armed, suicidal man. When officers arrived they encountered a man outside an apartment armed with a shotgun. Officers removed other occupants of the apartment to a safe location. As the officers began to communicate with the man he pointed the shotgun in the direction of the officers and one of the officers shot and killed him.