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Payson Police fatally shoot man in parking lot encounter
PAYSON, Ariz. - Payson Police fatally shot a 31-year-old New Mexico man who allegedly had forced a female into a vehicle at gunpoint early Tuesday in a supermarket parking lot, the police chief said.
The female got out of the vehicle and was being escorted to a police car when the shooting occurred after the man also got out of the vehicle, Police Chief Ronald Tischer said in a statement.
(Alexis Bechman/Payson Roundup)
The man "turned towards officers and made a motion as if he was drawing a weapon from his waistband," Tischer said on Aug. 24.
Officers then shot the man when he disregarded commands to stop and show his hands, Tischer added.
(Alexis Bechman/Payson Roundup)
No identities were released and it wasn’t clear whether the female is an adult.
Payson is 70 miles east of Phoenix.
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