MCKEESPORT, Pa.—A man having a “mental health crisis” shot and killed a police officer, wounded a second, and fired at a third before being wounded in a shootout in a western Pennsylvania city on Monday, authorities said.
Two officers were dispatched shortly after noon to a domestic disturbance call in McKeesport, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns said at a news conference.
The officers tried to talk to the man but he walked away from the home, and officers were warned by a family member that he might be armed, Kearns said. The officers encountered him nearby and he “suddenly produced a handgun and shot the two McKeesport officers,” Kearns said….