(KAIR)--Despite verbal commands given by an officer, the driver of a suspect vehicle drives in reverse, hits the patrol car, and fails to stop. Fearing for the life of a female ride-along in the patrol car, the officer shoots, and the suspect smashes into a tree, and is pronounced dead.

That's the scenario outlined in a news release issued by the Fraternal Order of Police, in Saint Joseph, following the early Monday morning incident.

The officer was attempting to make contact with the driver of the vehicle, which was registered to an individual with an active warrant connected to a domestic assault case.

Behind the wheel of that vehicle was 27-year-old Saint Joseph resident Jason Fanning.

The news release is the first time details of what happened leading up to the shooting of Fanning have been made public.

The investigation is ongoing, with the Missouri State Highway Patrol working with the Buchanan County Prosecutor's Office.

The officer, whose name is not made public, remains on administrative leave.