CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Mesa police fatally shot a man who had been driving a stolen motorcycle after he reached for a weapon, Chandler police said Wednesday.
The shooting occurred Tuesday night during an encounter after Mesa police unsuccessfully tried to stop the motorcycle but a police helicopter followed it to a Chandler trailer park, a police statement said.
Three Mesa officers then located Alberto Noriega, 27, of Mesa and shot him “numerous times” when he reached for a weapon in his waistband after officers shot him with a less-lethal shotgun round and with a stun gun, the statement said.
The gun that Noriega had was later determined to be a semi-automatic replica-style CO2 handgun, the statement said.
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