A police officer in Eau Claire, Wis., fatally shot an armed man Friday during a confrontation outside a hotel, authorities say.
The western Wisconsin city's police department got a 911 call Saturday morning about a man with a gun in the parking lot of Scottish Inns & Suites, according to a news release from Police Chief Jerry Staniszewski.
The caller said the man was pointing the gun at passing vehicles and people.
Police say the first officer who arrived found the 49-year-old man in the parking lot and, after a confrontation, shot him. Officers tried to revive him, but he died at the scene.
No one else was hurt, Staniszewski said. The names of the officer and the suspect have not been released.
The officer, a 19-year veteran of the city's force, is on standard administrative assignment.
The Police Department in nearby La Crosse, Wis., will investigate the shooting at the request of Eau Claire police.
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