1 Dead In Shootout With Police In Ross Township

July 24, 2019 4:08 am

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. – (WPXI) – One person was killed Tuesday after a shootout with police in the parking lot of a McKnight Road shopping center. Police at the scene told our news partners at Channel 11 there was a shootout between the suspect and police in the area outside of Big Lots in Ross Township. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said the name of the shooting victim is Omari Ali Thompson, 31. Allegheny County Police said at about 1 p.m. Tuesday, an undercover drug operation was in progress in the parking lot with a narcotics agent from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office narcotics task force. Police said at 1:07, the first calls went out to 911 for shots fired in the area. At 1:15, police said the subject of the undercover operation, Thompson, was pronounced dead. The narcotics officer involved was taken to a regional trauma center in stable condition. Police said he was conscious, alert, and with his family. “The OAG officer involved in today’s shooting was shot twice and is in stable condition with no life-threatening injuries. This incident occurred during an operation by our Bureau of Narcotics Investigations. The Attorney General plans to travel to Allegheny County to visit with the officer and his family,” a statement from the Attorney General said. Police said the Homicide Unit would be conducting an investigation into the shooting and Thompson’s death. Following that, the findings would be turned over to the District Attorney for review on the use-of-force.