La Crosse police shoot, kill carjacker

LA CROSSE - A man who carjacked a vehicle with a young child inside has been fatally shot by police in La Crosse.

Authorities say a woman was in her SUV with her two children at Houska Park about 5 p.m. Sunday when a man approached, showed a handgun and demanded her vehicle. Police say the mother was able to get her 3-year-old out of the vehicle, but the gunman stole the SUV with her 1-year-old child still inside.

Officers quickly located the vehicle and began a short pursuit that ended when the man crashed into a parked vehicle. Officers confronted the man as he tried to drive forward. Capt. Jason Melby says the officers saw the suspect with a gun and shot him.