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Man shot, killed by Kentucky officer in Calloway County

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DEXTER, Ky. (WTVF) — A man was shot and killed by a Kentucky officer Saturday afternoon following what Kentucky State Police are calling "an altercation with law enforcement."

Details are limited, but KSP said a Calloway County sheriff's deputy and a Murray police officer were called out to Radio Road in Dexter to investigate a suspicious person.

The man was shot and killed during the interaction. Neither officer was hurt in the shooting.

KSP are investigating the officer-involved shooting. An autopsy for the man's body has also been ordered.

Neither the man or the two officers have been identified.