A man died after he was shot by Sacramento officers who were responding to a bank robbery on Thursday, the law enforcement agency said. Sgt. Dan Wiseman of the Sacramento Police Department said officers responded to the bank robbery just before 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Response Road and Heritage Lane. The suspect, a man in his 30s or 40s, was armed. When officers arrived, the suspect ran from the bank, and officers gave chase.Two officers discharged their firearms, hitting the suspect at least once, Wiseman said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries. Sacramento police said its officers were physically unharmed, and no one else was injured in the shooting. Officials did not specify where the shooting occurred, but KCRA 3’s Peyton Headlee was at the scene, where a large section of Exposition Boulevard was blocked off by crime scene tape at Challenge Way. Wiseman said a firearm was recovered at the scene. However, officials later said it was an imitation firearm. “None of our officers ever want to have to come to work and be involved in something like this,” Wiseman said. “But at the same time, we have an obligation to keep ourselves safe and the community safe.”Sacramento police said its homicide detectives are investigating the shooting, along with the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office and the Office of Public Safety Accountability. The man shot by officers has not yet been identified. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
A man died after he was shot by Sacramento officers who were responding to a bank robbery on Thursday, the law enforcement agency said.
Sgt. Dan Wiseman of the Sacramento Police Department said officers responded to the bank robbery just before 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Response Road and Heritage Lane. The suspect, a man in his 30s or 40s, was armed. When officers arrived, the suspect ran from the bank, and officers gave chase.
Two officers discharged their firearms, hitting the suspect at least once, Wiseman said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Sacramento police said its officers were physically unharmed, and no one else was injured in the shooting.
Officials did not specify where the shooting occurred, but KCRA 3’s Peyton Headlee was at the scene, where a large section of Exposition Boulevard was blocked off by crime scene tape at Challenge Way.
Wiseman said a firearm was recovered at the scene. However, officials later said it was an imitation firearm.
“None of our officers ever want to have to come to work and be involved in something like this,” Wiseman said. “But at the same time, we have an obligation to keep ourselves safe and the community safe.”
Sacramento police said its homicide detectives are investigating the shooting, along with the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office and the Office of Public Safety Accountability.
The man shot by officers has not yet been identified.
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