SPOKANE, Washington - August 26, 2010 - A Spokane Valley Baptist preacher has been shot and killed by a police officer.

Police say Pastor Wayne Scott Creach was shot sometime late Wednesday night during a confrontation with an officer in an unmarked patrol car.

Police say the officer had parked near the plant nursery Creach operated in response to concerns over late night car prowls. Creach, who lived next door to his nursery, approached the officer and sometime during the confrontation the officer fired his duty weapon.

Creach served as pastor of Greenacres Baptist Church for 40 years.

Detectives say a handgun was found on the ground near Creach.