A Marana police officer shot and killed a man at a home on Sunday morning, after a confrontation between the two escalated, police say.
A Marana police officer shot and killed a man at a home on Sunday morning after a confrontation between the two escalated, police say.
Sgt. Chriswell Scott, a spokesman for the Marana Police Department, said police received a 911 call regarding "unknown trouble" at a home near 7400 West Crimson Ridge Drive around 8 a.m.
Scott said the officer got into a "confrontation" with a man in the home before fatally shooting the man. Another man and a woman, not harmed by Marana police, were taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
Police did not identify the people in the home or whether the man involved in the confrontation was armed.
Scott said the officer, who was also not identified, was placed on paid administrative leave, as is standard practice following a police shooting. He expected the department would have more information about the incident by noon on Monday.
The incident marks the 19th officer-involved shooting in Arizona for 2019.
March 30, 2019, 9:44 p.m.