Video Shows Fatal Shooting Of Man Armed With Shotgun

555 Clinton, NC - A man armed with a shotgun was shot and killed by police while he was in a pickup truck in a Burger King parking lot Sunday morning, according to Clinton Police and video of the incident. According to authorities, officers responded to the Burger King located 100 Southeast Blvd. for an unknown call for help at approximately 11:57 p.m. Saturday. When officers arrived, they found a man in a truck armed with a shotgun in the parking lot. Responding officers, including a North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper, closed off the parking lot and tried to negotiate with the man to surrender, police said. The man did not respond to the officer's commands to put the weapon down. Authorities said that the man pointed his shotgun at the officers and was then shot and killed. The shooting occurred just before 12:20 a.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

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