UPDATE, July 25 | The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the man shot and killed Thursday by Kansas City, Missouri, police as 64-year-old Rodney Aubrey, of KCMO.
ORIGINAL REPORT | A man allegedly armed with a gun died Thursday afternoon after being shot by Kansas City, Missouri, police.
No police officers were injured in the shooting.
It happened near the intersection of Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and The Paseo Boulevard.
Lt. Andy Bell with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Kansas City, Missouri, police received a 911 call about a man who pointed a gun at an ambulance with its lights and sirens on as it drove down Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard.
No gunshots were fired at the ambulance.
KSHB 41 News later spoke with the man who says he called 911 when he saw the man at the bus stop point the gun at the ambulance.
"Something triggered him with the ambulance with the lights and sirens," Robert Russell said. "He held that gun on them all the way through the intersection."
Lt. Bell said the 911 call came in around 2:10 p.m., and officers arrived at 2:21 p.m.
"Officers began giving the individual commands to take him into custody," Lt. Bell said. "The suspect did not comply with officer commands."
Russell said he saw the man start running in front of Gates BBQ, pointing his gun back at two KCPD officers.
"When he tried to run, he was looking back with his gun in his hand," Russell said. "Police did what they had to do."
Officers shot the man. He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
At 5:30 p.m., the man died from his injuries.
No one else, including the two KCPD officers, was hurt.
"My adrenaline is still kicking, it's not something you see every day," Russell said. "It was scary."
The name of the man killed by police had not been released late Thursday night.
The Missouri Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control will investigate the shooting and present its report to the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office for review.
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