West Virginia Police Kill Man Who Used Woman As Human Shield During Standoff
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Police in West Virginia say they killed a man who used a woman as a human shield and shot at officers during a wild standoff.
Huntington Police Chief Hank Dial says officers shot 41-year-old Jarod Lee Smith early Tuesday.
He says officers were responding to an armed robbery report when they saw Smith holding a woman at gunpoint near a gas station. When officers told him to drop the weapon, according to Dial, Smith pulled out a second gun and started shooting at them.
Dial says Smith then took the woman as a human shield as he attempted to get into the gas station's store and then steal a car. When that failed, Smith fired multiple rounds into a police cruiser before officers shot him.
No one else was hurt.
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