No charges filed in fatal shooting by Jefferson City police

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said Monday that his office will not fire charges after Jefferson City police shot and killed a man earlier this month.

Jefferson City police shot and killed James Reising, 59, on Jan. 3 in a parking lot at the Wildwood Shopping Center on Missouri Boulevard. Officers claimed Reising threatened them with a knife The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated the shooting.

Cellphone video of the scene appears to show Reising running from a vehicle and toward what appears to be a police cruiser.

Thompson wrote in a statement Monday that Reising was agitated and holding the knife in a threatening way when officers arrived at the scene that day. Officers fired, then immediately started live-saving measures, Thompson wrote. Reising was pronounced dead at St. Mary's Hospital.

Thompson said officers acted appropriately and in self-defense.

The patrol has said Reising ignored commands to drop the knife. Thompson wrote that a search of his vehicle "revealed evidence of methamphetamine and alcohol use."

Authorities have not said how many times Reising was shot or where he was shot.