Armed, Suicidal Man Shot By Clearwater Police Dies At Hospital

CLEARWATER, FL – A 34-year-old Clearwater man, reportedly suicidal and armed, died at a local hospital after being shot by a police officer at an apartment complex Thursday morning.

Officers were called at 12:27 a.m. to The Sands of Clearwater, 2150 Druid Road, for a report of "an armed suicidal man," later identified as Mitchell Fox, the Clearwater Police Department said.

Fox, who was armed with a gun, reportedly ignored officers' verbal commands to drop the weapon and was shot as he threatened an officer at the scene, according to the police.

Officers performed life-saving measures on Fox before he was transported to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg medical center, where he succumbed to his injury, the agency said.

The officer who fired the shot, Christopher Fowler, has worked with the Clearwater Police Department since Nov. 12, 2016 and will be placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure.

The shooting will be reviewed internally and by the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office, the department said.

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