A DeKalb County, Ala., man was shot and killed after aiming a firearm at officers during a foot chase Friday, according to authorities.
In a news release, Sheriff Jimmy Harris said a DeKalb deputy and an Alabama Highway Patrol officer tried to stop a four-wheeler on state Highway 117 in the Ider area.
Instead of stopping, the driver, later identified as Monroe Curtis Smith, turned onto a secondary road, then drove off the road onto private property with the officers in pursuit, Harris said in the release.
Smith drove the four-wheeler into an area thick with tornado debris and abandoned it, Harris said. The officers saw Smith pick up a firearm before he jumped from the vehicle and ran. The deputy and the trooper chased after him and found him lying in wait around a curve in the trail, the sheriff said.
As they approached, he stood up and pointed the firearm at them, the release stated.