Civil servants identify man who were killed in the officers

Huntington, W.Va. (WSAZ) – The Boyd County's Coroner's office published the name of the man, which was killed on Tuesday evening during a shootout with officer.

According to the KSP, the incident occurred on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on Tuesday along the Blackburn Avenue.

Officials from the police authority of Ashland reacted to a report on the complaint of burglary and burglary.

When the officials arrived, the man who was identified as William Mohler (29) from Charleston had left the scene.

According to KSP, he was later near a church along the Blackburn Avenue, where he was armed with a shotgun.

KSP says that the special reaction team from the Ashland Police Department has occurred, and despite the attempted negotiations, the situation escalated and the officials fired in Mohler.

No officers were injured.

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