MCSO investigating fatal officer-involved shooting in Mesa

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.

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