By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A 28-year-old St. Joseph man has been shot and killed in a late Friday afternoon confrontation.
The St. Joseph Police Department has identified the victim as Marcus Allen.
Police report the shooting occurred shortly before five o’clock on Union Street near 23rd. Paramedics responded to the shooting and began life-saving measures, but Allen died at the hospital.
No other details have been released by the department. The two men involved are described as young, in their 20s or early 30s. Police believe they knew each other.
An investigation into what sparked the shooting continues.