MCSO investigating fatal officer-involved shooting in Mesa
May 6, 2019, 5:53 PM | Updated: May 10, 2019, 7:38 pm
PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said it was investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Mesa on Monday evening.
Deputies were called to Crismon Road and Main Street around 5 p.m. after they received a report of a person making threats, according to ABC15.
Deputies found a 30-year-old man armed with a rifle and asked him to drop his weapon.
The man, identified Friday as Pedro Colazo-Villa, did not comply, so deputies “deployed lethal force,” according to Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez.
The suspect was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead. No deputies were injured.
Deputy involved shooting update:
Male subject who was involved in deputy involved shooting on Akron and Crismon, has died at the hospital pic.twitter.com/bJKLUicFyn
— @SgtJEnriquez (@SgtJEnriquez) May 7, 2019
No other information was immediately available.
The incident was the third MCSO-involved shooting and the 18th officer-involved shooting in the Valley in 2019.
