Decatur man with replica gun shot and killed after leading law enforcement on chase in stolen car

A man was shot and killed in Morgan County Monday after he reportedly pulled out a "replica" handgun following a multi-agency police pursuit.Just before 1 p.m. Monday, officers with the Priceville Police Department attempted to pull over a vehicle that had been reported stolen, but the driver, identified as 41-year-old Drew Banks of Decatur, refused to stop, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to assist in the pursuit, including the Morgan County Sheriff's Office.>> FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube The chase ended at the intersection of Thompson Road and Byrd Road when Banks drove the vehicle over a spike strip and eventually collided with a Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle.Banks reportedly exited the vehicle, brandishing what appeared to be a handgun. It was later identified as a replica of Sig Sauer 1911 semiautomatic handgun."The subject pointed a firearm, later determined by ALEA Investigators to be a replica handgun, at Deputies and Officers, who returned fire," read a statement from the Morgan County Sheriff's Office.ALEA says that Banks was fatally wounded and pronounced deceased at the scene. No officers were injured.>> WVTM 13 ON-THE-GO: Download our app for free“We’re supposed to be focused on Christmas and protecting people from drunk drivers, and then we have something like this today,” Morgan County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Swafford told NBC affiliate WAFF. “It just reminds you, at any moment, you can get anything.”ALEA has taken over command of the investigation. Their findings will be turned over to the Morgan County District Attorney’s Office.