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Officers kill Calif. shooting suspect
Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A man fatally shot by Anaheim officers had fired at two people before wounding his brother-in-law and firing a round at a police helicopter, a police spokesman said Sunday.

The man, who had not been identified by police, drove to his estranged wife’s house Saturday after firing at and missing two strangers, said Anaheim police Sergeant Daron Wyatt. Once at the house, he confronted his brother-in-law and a fight between the men moved to the street, where the suspect shot the brother-in-law in the leg, Wyatt said.

The suspect then fired one round at a police helicopter that had been following him, Wyatt said. Three officers on the ground then opened fire after the man failed to comply with their orders, he said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Wyatt did not know how many rounds they fired or how many times the man was hit.

The officers were all wearing body cameras and the footage is being reviewed by the Orange County district attorney’s office. The officers are on paid administrative leave.

The brother-in-law was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive, Wyatt said.

Associated Press