DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The Latest on a fatal police shooting in Daytona Beach, Florida (all times local):
6:55 p.m.
A man who authorities say was waving a gun around in a backyard is dead after a Florida police officer opened fire on him.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports it happened Tuesday.
Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri says officers responded to a call about an armed and possibly suicidal person and found 23-year-old Shakyri Willis, who was holding a handgun while his sister pleaded with him not to kill himself. Capri says Willis, who had suffered from mental illness, pulled the gun out of his belt multiple times and then raised the weapon at an officer, prompting the officer to shoot several times.
Capri says Willis suffered a single gunshot wound to the head. An autopsy will determine whether the officer hit him or he shot himself.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.
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6:15 p.m.
A Florida police officer fatally shot a man who authorities say was waving a gun around in a backyard.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports it happened Tuesday.
Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri says officers responded to a call of an armed and possibly suicidal person and found 23-year-old Shakyri Willis, who was holding a handgun while his sister pleaded with him not to kill himself. Capril says Willis, who had suffered from mental illness, pulled the gun out of his belt multiple times and then raised the weapon at an officer, prompting the officer to shoot Willis in the head.
State law enforcement officials are investigating the shooting.
Earlier, Capri had said the suspect was holding the gun to the woman’s head. He later told reporters that’s under investigation.
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4:45 p.m.
A Florida police officer shot and killed a man who authorities say was pointing a gun at a woman’s head.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that it happened Tuesday.
Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri says officers responded to a residential call of an armed and possibly suicidal person and found the man holding the handgun to the woman’s head. Officials hadn’t immediately reviewed the officer’s body camera footage, but Capri says the officer appeared to have no choice but to shoot the armed man, based on witness statements.
State law enforcement officials are investigating the shooting.
Authorities didn’t immediately release the name or race of the officer or dead man.
No other injuries were reported.
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Information from: Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal, https://www.news-journalonline.com
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