EVANSVILLE – One person is dead after police say he pepper-sprayed a man who responded by shooting and killing him.
Whether there will be an arrest in the case, EPD spokesman Sgt. Anthony Aussieker told the Courier & Press Wednesday morning, is “still to be determined.”
According to an EPD news release, investigators were dispatched to the 1300 block of Edgar Street a little after 4 p.m. Tuesday. A 911 caller had reportedly told dispatchers her boyfriend had been pepper-sprayed.
When police arrived, they learned someone on scene had been “stabbed or shot,” Aussieker wrote in the release.
“Officers … located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper torso,” the release states. “The male was transported to a local hospital where he did not survive his injuries.”
The release doesn’t identify the shooting victim.
The alleged shooter, who is also not identified, was reportedly still on scene. Police later took him to EPD headquarters for questioning.
“Detectives learned the victim was shot after he pepper sprayed the male who shot him,” the release states.
As of Wednesday morning, there weren’t any arrests in Vanderburgh County jail bookings that matched the incident, and the shooting didn’t appear in EPD’s daily report.
This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: EPD: Man shot and killed after apparent pepper-spray incident
Reporting by Jon Webb, Evansville Courier & Press / Evansville Courier & Press
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