Man Dies After Shootout With Metro Officer

By Luis Hernandez

Published May 15, 2014 at 10:11 PM PDT

Metro Police have confirmed the man shot by an officer Tuesday has died. The shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon outside of a home on Palm Street near Sandhill Road and Tropicana Avenue. The incident started as a barricade situation before the man came out of the house and got into a shootout with police around two o’clock. Reports show the man had called police saying he was going to die today.
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