(Special Note: There was a lot of discussion of this incident on Parker and La Paz County social media sites Thursday evening. This was the story that appeared in Friday’s
A wanted man was shot by a Lake Havasu City Police officer Thursday evening in the Kiowa Boulevard Shopping Center.
The incident occurred at about 6:15 p.m., when a man wanted on multiple warrants entered a Hobby Lobby location in the shopping center. According to Lake Havasu City Police Sgt. Tom Gray, officers pursued the male suspect into the store, where a confrontation took place.
According to Gray, the exact details of that confrontation could not be disclosed as of Thursday evening, nor could Gray confirm that the man was armed.
A witness in the store told Todayâs News-Herald that police confronted the man near the rear of the building, in the canvas area. Officers wrestled with the man for a moment when a âpopâ was heard, said the witness, who asked to remain anonymous. The man lied on the ground, groaning, as an officer told him he shouldnât have reached for a gun.
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