MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Police say an off-duty officer shot and killed a knife-wielding suspect in the parking lot of a Medford oil-change shop after a foot chase.

The Mail Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/1nuJTuz ) that police have not yet identified the officer or the man who was fatally shot Monday.

Police say the officer had been a customer in a sports store when employees detained the man suspected of shoplifting. The suspect, who allegedly had a knife, fled the store and the officer chased after him.

Police say the officer followed the man into the nearby oil-change shop parking lot, where the suspect was shot.

Police say the suspect held the knife “in an aggressive manner” before he was gunned down.

The officer has been placed on administrative leave.

The incident remains under investigation.

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Information from: Mail Tribune, https://www.mailtribune.com/

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