Officer Fatally Shoots Truck Driver

{Huntington, West Virginia}…A Huntington Police Officer was responding to a crash between a tractor trailer and a vehicle near Special Metals  around 1:00 A.M. Saturday morning when he saw 32 year old Joshua Johnnie Emerson, a truck driver from Hamilton, Alabama, getting aggressive and confrontational toward a Special Metals security guard. When the officer tried to intervene, Emerson tried to attack the officer with a knife. In response, the police officer fired several rounds, striking and killing Emerson.