THE NAME OF THE MAN SHOT BY STATE POLICE IN TORRANCE COUNTY TUESDAY HASN'T BEEN RELEASED YET. NEITHER HAS THE NAME OF THE OFFICER WHO FIRED ON THE MAN. THE SUSPECT WAS KILLED AFTER A THREE HOUR STANDOFF AND SWAT SITUATION.
IT STARTED AROUND NOONTIME TUESDAY AFTER POLICE GOT 911 CALLS OF SHOTS BEING FIRED NEAR THE MAN'S HOME EAST OF EDGEWOOD. STATE POLICE SAY THE MAN THEN FIRED SHOTS AT OFFICERS AND TWO HELICOPTERS, BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE HIS HOME AND THREATENED TO SHOOT ANYONE WHO CAME NEAR OR FLEW OVER HIS PROPERTY. THE MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING THE SWAT STANDOFF.
