By Staff reports
ELKINS, W.Va. -- Troopers with the Elkins detachment of the West Virginia State Police shot and killed a man they say pointed a shotgun at them when they tried to serve a warrant late Friday. The incident happened around 11:45 p.m. at a house on Ward Avenue in Elkins, according to a news release from State Police.
When troopers entered the house, they say they found William Keith Waldron, 26, with the weapon. Police say the man immediately pointed the shotgun at troopers, who fired their weapons at him.
Waldron was taken to Davis Memorial Hospital, where he later died.
Troopers and the Randolph County Sheriff's Department were assisting the Elkins Police Department with the warrant.