Man fatally shot as St. Louis officers serve search warrant

ST. LOUIS — Authorities said an officer fatally shot a man who is accused of firing at officers as they served a search warrant for drugs at a St. Louis home.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson said tactical officers returned fire Tuesday night after two shots were fired from inside. Dotson said the first shot was fired when officers used a battering ram on the door. Dotson said the second shot was fired when the officers threw a diversionary device called a “flash bang” through the door.

A 63-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital. The man wasn’t identified, but Dotson said he’d been named in relation to the warrant. No one else was in the house when the shooting happened.

Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com