Man shoots self in altercation with Ferguson-area police
By Melanie Eversley | USA TODAY | October 28, 2015, 8:18PMAn 18-year-old man shot himself in the face Wednesday afternoon during an altercation with police near Ferguson, Mo., according to reports.
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The young man in Wednesday's incident is alive, a spokeswoman for the Normandy, Mo., Police Department said.
The events unfolded shortly after 2 p.m. local time, according to St. Louis County police.
Members of the man's family were seeking help from police and medical responders, according to the police agency. Officers from Normandy, Mo., drove to the scene and tried to talk with the man, but he was uncooperative, according to police.
As the officers got out of their patrol car, "the male retrieved a handgun from his waistband, firing at the officers," Cpl. Tameika Sanders, public information officer for the Normandy, Mo., Police Department, said during a Wednesday evening press conference.
One of the Normandy officers attempted to use a taser on the man to subdue him, but it "was ineffective,"Sanders said.
"Officers returned fire, however, it appears at this time the male was not struck by law enforcement gunfire," she said.
The man ran away from the officers through back yards and they lost sight of him as they heard a gun shot, according to police. When officers found the man, he was lying on the ground, unresponsive, police said.
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