one person killed in officer-involved shooting in Plant City FL

PLANT CITY, Fla — Plant City police said they were forced to shoot a man who aggressively pointed a gun at them.

Officers responded to a 911 call of a suicidal man in a parking lot of the U.S. Post Office at 2501 Walden Woods Drive at 5:16 p.m. Sunday.

According to a release from the Plant City Police Department, when officers arrived they saw a man armed with a firearm. Officers attempted to “de-escalate the situation,” but the man pointed a gun at the officers. After the man pointed the gun at officers he was shot and killed by police.