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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPolice have identified a man who died in an officer-involved shooting in northeastern Indiana.
Indiana State Police Sgt. Brian Walker says 29-year-old Vincent Michael Smith of Huntington died in the shooting Wednesday afternoon at a park in that city about 20 miles southwest of Fort Wayne.
Walker said Huntington County and Huntington city officers were called to a home to check on a man considering hurting himself. Walker said officers found the man armed at a park, he didn’t comply with officers’ commands, and a foot chase ensued. Walker said one officer fired a shot, but it wasn’t clear if anyone else did. It wasn’t clear what caused the officer to shoot.
He said the incident is being investigated as a police-action shooting.
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