A Dewey man has died in southwestern Illinois after getting into a shootout with police.
Police say the man was reportedly suicidal and was actively discharging a firearm into the air on Saturday evening outside a gas station in the community roughly 20 miles from St. Louis. The Illinois State Police is investigating the officer-involved shooting at the request of Troy police. The man was identified as 31-year-old Kody C. Waters.
Police say they don't know if Waters was struck by gunshots from an officer's gun or shots from Waters' own weapon.