PARAGON, Ind. (AP): Indiana State Police have identified a gunman troopers shot and killed following a chase that turned into a seven-hour standoff in central Indiana.
 
Sergeant Curt Durnil says officers killed 39-year-old Brent Krout of Zionsville after he exited his car and pointed his gun at them Thursday morning in a rural area near the Owen-Morgan County line about 35 miles southwest of Indianapolis.
 
Durnil says Krout was wanted in connection with a methamphetamine investigation. He was spotted Wednesday night in Owen County and led police on a chase into Morgan County, then back toward Owen County on Indiana 67 when his car ran over stop sticks and went into a ditch, triggering the standoff.
 
Durnil says officers negotiated with Krout overnight trying to get him to surrender.