Cody R. McClintick

Deadly force

A Clay County deputy shot and killed a man during an altercation in a Northland motel parking lot. The deputy was reportedly conducting a car check at a Motel 6 parking lot about 4:15 p.m. Details as to what precipitated the killing were withheld by police but police reported the man was armed with a firearm and there were two suspicious packages in the other which were checked by the explosives team after the shooting.