FLORENCE, Ky. — A Cleves man is dead after a police shooting at the Amazon facility in Florence, Kentucky State Police said.
KSP said the Boone County Sheriff's Office and Florence Police Department responded to Industrial Road at around 7 a.m. Tuesday for a reported stolen semi-truck. Officers pulled over the vehicle, and the driver, 35-year-old Michael Simpson, exited the truck.
According to a preliminary investigation, KSP said Simpson did not comply with officer commands, "which resulted in a physical altercation." KSP did not report what happened during the altercation, but said a Florence police officer was injured during it.
At one point, KSP said Simpson pulled out a gun and pointed it toward his head, walking to an area in the industrial park. Two Boone County sheriff's deputies then fired their weapons at Simpson, who was injured. KSP did not say where Simpson was hit.
Simpson was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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KSP confirmed Simpson was not associated with Amazon.
The Boone County Sheriff's Office called KSP's Critical Incident Response Team to investigate the shooting. KSP said its investigation is ongoing, noting it will not release specific details until "vital witnesses have been interviewed and pertinent facts have been gathered."
