A STATE POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN LAS VEGAS THURSDAY TAKES THE LIFE OF A 48 YEAR OLD MAN WHO WAS REPORTEDLY SUICIDAL. STATE POLICE WERE SENT THERE ON A WELFARE CHECK. OFFICIALS SAY TWO OF THEIR OFFICERS SHOT ARCENIO LUJAN, WHO THEY SAY WAS ARMED WITH A RIFLE THAT HE POINTED AT THE OFFICERS.
A RELEASE SAYS LUJAN WAS CARRYING THE RIFLE WHEN IN WENT IN AND OUT OF THE HOME NUMEROUS TIMES AS THE OFFICERS TRIED TO CONVINCE HIM TO COOPERATE WITH THEM AND PUT DOWN HIS WEAPON. THEY SAY LUJAN WAS SHOT WHEN HE WALKED OUT OF HIS FENCED YARD AND AGGRESSIVELY APPROACHED THE OFFICERS, POINTING THE RIFLE AT THEM. STATE POLICE SPOKESMAN DAMYAN BROWN TELLS 770 KKOB THAT'S WHEN THE OFFICERS FIRED ON LUJAN, WHO DIED AT THE SCENE.
BROWN SAYS THAT, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS, THAT BEFORE LUJAN EXHIBITED SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, THERE WAS SOME KIND OF PROBLEM WITH LUJAN'S JOB. HE SAYS THEY WON'T KNOW HOW MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED UNTIL THE AUTOPSY IS COMPLETED.
THE OFFICERS ARE ON 3-DAYS ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
