Albemarle police shot and killed a man early this morning in a residential area of Albemarle, a Stanly County sheriff's dispatcher said.
Police were called just before 6 a.m. to a home on Oak Street off U.S. 52. The homeowner told police that a man knocked on the door and asked to use the phone. When the homeowner refused to let him in, the man shot at a trash can, the dispatcher said.
The homeowner called 911.
Officers searched the area and found a man fitting the suspect's description. "He was armed with some sort of weapon," the dispatcher said.
When the suspect wouldn't surrender, police on the scene requested back-up. Then shots were fired. "The next thing we knew the investigators were calling Medic," the dispatcher said.
The suspect died at the scene.
Two officers involved in the shooting have been routinely placed on administrative leave while the SBI investigates, police say.
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