Anaheim police shoot and kill suspect wanted for assault with a deadly weapon
An Anaheim police officer shot and killed a man suspected of assault with a deadly weapon during a confrontation Saturday night, authorities said.
Anaheim police and the California Highway Patrol were pursuing two individuals in a 2003 Honda Pilot about 9 p.m. after their SUV tried to hit a vehicle on the 91 Freeway near East Street, then rammed another, said Sgt. Daron Wyatt of the Anaheim Police Department.
The two individuals were later seen running from their car, police said. Officers followed one of the men, 29-year-old Adalid Flores, to the courtyard of a residence in the 1300 block of North East Street, where he was shot by an officer, authorities said.
Flores was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, authorities said.
Officials said no weapons were found at the scene of the shooting.
No information was available about whether the other individual in the car was apprehended.
The officer involved in the shooting was wearing a body camera, Wyatt said. He declined to release the officer’s name.
The incident is under investigation by the Orange County district attorney’s office as well as the Anaheim Police Department’s homicide detail, Major Incident Review Team and the Office of Independent Review.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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UPDATES:
4:22 p.m.: This story has been updated
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