Police fatally shoot man at Ohio airport amid confrontation

COLUMBUS, OH - A Columbus airport official says a police officer fatally shot a man during a confrontation just outside the terminal.

David Whitaker, a Columbus Regional Airport Authority vice president, says the man was shot by the officer at about 1 p.m. Wednesday outside the departures area of the terminal. The officer was not injured.

Whitaker didn't have details of the confrontation but said the officer was responding to a threat. He didn't have the name of the man who was shot. The man did not fire at the officer.

Full story: WJFW

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