Pettis County authorities on Monday identified a Knob Noster man fatally shot by a Johnson County Sheriff’s deputy Sunday afternoon.
Shawn D. Evans, 34, was killed in Southwestern Pettis County by Deputy James Doty after Evans allegedly pointed a handgun at the deputy.
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