Mississippi police officer fatally shoots armed suspicious person

A person was shot and killed by a police officer Sunday morning near Jackson, Mississippi.

The Clinton Police Department received a call about a suspicious person wearing a ski mask at an apartment complex around 9 a.m.

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A Mississippi police officer fatally shot an armed person Sunday morning near Jackson when he was spotted suspiciously wearing a ski mask at an apartment complex. 

When police arrived the person “displayed a weapon towards an officer,” according to a press release from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. The officer was not injured in the incident.

The fatal officer-involved shooting is under investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.

Additional details and the identities of the officer and person were not immediately available.

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