Douglas Alan Phipps

O’Fallon police on Sunday shot and killed a man they say fired shots at a clock tower outside the O’Fallon, Missouri, City Hall, led officers on a chase, then pointed a shotgun at them and exchanged gunfire. Douglas Alan Phipps, 34, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting in the Royal Oaks subdivision of St. Charles County. The neighborhood is about 3 miles north of city hall. Phipps pointed a shotgun at officers after stepping out of his vehicle after stopping at a cul-de-sac on Spring Court, O’Fallon Sgt. Bryan Harr said in a news release. Officers then shot at Phipps, who returned fire before he was killed by officers. Harr said the two officers are a 47-year-old officer with 24 years of experience and a 28-year-old officer with five years of experience. Neither officer was injured.