Police: Officers fatally shoot man outside store

GULFPORT, MISS. » Officers responding to a call about a disturbanceoutsideadiscount storefatally shotaman in southMississippi, police said. The shooting happened Thursday in Gulfport. WLOX-TV reported that Gulfport police were called about a homeless man who was allegedly abusing a dog. As police approached, the man pointed a firearm at them and two officers engaged him, according to a news release fromthe Gulfport Police Department. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said the man died hours later at a Gulfport hospital. He was identified as Henry Frankowski III. Theofficerswerenot injured. They were placed on paid administrative leave. Frankowski was white, as are the officers.