Airport police officers were conducting a routine security check when they saw a man holding a knife in Terminal 1, according to authorities.

Authorities said the unidentified man refused to drop the knife prior to the shooting incident early Friday morning.

Video showed the man reveal a knife and advanced on officers before he was fatally shot, according to a police spokesperson.

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St. Louis County Police say the man, who was not a passenger, refused to drop a knife and was advancing at officers when they opened fire.

St. Louis County Police reported the shooting took place at 1:05 a.m. while airport police were conducting routine security ...

Vera Clay, a St. Louis County police spokeswoman, tells the press the St. Louis airport police officers were doing security ...