PRINCETON, W.Va. -- State troopers in Princeton shot and killed a man they say threatened officers and himself with a knife Saturday night.
The incident started around 9 p.m. Saturday, when troopers with the Princeton detachment of the West Virginia State Police responded to the area of Twelve Mile Road because of reports of a domestic dispute where shots had been fired, according to a release from State Police.
The suspect, Daniel Scott Giberson, 25, of Bluefield, initially fled the scene but returned around 10:30 p.m., according to police. Troopers tried to stop Giberson's vehicle but he fled and a chase ensued, police say.
Giberson then crashed his car into a tree stump on Maple Acres Road, police say. Police say when they approached the vehicle, Giberson was holding a knife to his throat. After the man refused to drop the knife, police sprayed him with pepper spray, which did not have an effect, police say. After the man got out of the car, he told officers to shoot him and "then made a decision to wield the knife toward the officers," police say.
Troopers shot Giberson, who died as a result, police say.
After the incident, police learned that Giberson was wanted out of South Carolina for aggravated assault and had been labeled as a violent offender.