An 81-year-old man aimed a gun at officers before he was killed in a northeast Allen County police-action shooting, Indiana State Police said Wednesday.

William Joseph Peters of Fort Wayne died Friday of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled homicide – police action shooting, according to the Allen County Coroner's Office. His death is the 29th homicide this year in Allen County.

The shooting happened shortly after 8 p.m. when an Allen County Sheriff's Department deputy investigated a vehicle parked in what police called a suspicious area near Schwartz and Irving roads.

Peters was reportedly armed with a gun when the officer approached the vehicle, a Saturday news release said. The officer called for backup, and others from the sheriff's department, Fort Wayne Police Departme

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