Officers: Wellness check leads to fatal shooting in Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a man while conducting a wellness check at a home in St. Petersburg. The shooting happened Sunday morning after officers responded to reports of a hit-and-run. The car involved in the incident was traced back to a woman in an assisted living home. The woman told police she was concerned about her 63-year-old son. When police located him, he was holed up in an apartment bedroom with a gun. Detectives said Gus Spanoudis made suicidal statements and pointed a firearm at an officer. The officer issued several commands to drop the firearm, but Spanoudis did not. The officer then fired at Spanoudis, who was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.