Officers kill armed man after threats, cops say

Clearwater police shot and killed an armed man they say was suicidal early Thursday at an apartment complex.

No officers were injured.

According to police, the wife of Mitchell Fox, 34, call police just before 12:30 a.m. to report her husband was armed and threatening to kill himself.

Officers responded to the The Sands of Clearwater at 2150 Druid Road a short time later.

Upon arrival, officers came into contact with Fox, who was armed with a gun.

Police said Fox refused their commands to drop the weapon. Fox was shot after threatening an officer, police said. Fox was rushed to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, where he later died.

The officer involved in the shooting will be placed on administrative leave.

Fox lived at the apartment with his wife and their two children. The family had recently moved to Clearwater from Kentucky, according to officials.

Police said Fox's wife told them her husband had first threatened to harm himself as recently as Sunday.

When he initially left the apartment early Thursday, she said he told her he "was going to hell and not coming back."

This story was originally published October 19, 2017 at 6:13 AM with the headline "Officers kill armed man after threats, cops say."