It’s interesting that none of the press releases or news stories specify what vehicles the suspect was setting on fire the one new source includes photos of a burnt out marked police vehicle being towed away. I’d be curious about the suspect and their motivation. Police Department parking lot have been targets for extremists on both the left and the right.
https://www.police1.com/officer-safe...AQrOKM4-vCpL6o
N.C. officers kill man setting cars ablaze near police station The incident began after an officer observed a man lighting vehicles on fire in a parking lot near a district station
RALEIGH, N.C. — Officers shot and killed a man Saturday afternoon who was throwing Molotov cocktails and setting cars on fire near a police station in Raleigh, North Carolina, authorities said.
The confrontation began after an officer observed a man lighting vehicles on fire in a parking lot near a district station at around 1:20 p.m., Police Chief Estella Patterson said at a news conference.
The officer called for assistance, and three other officers came to help, she said, and the officers ordered the man to stop. Patterson said the man continued to throw Molotov cocktails, ultimately tossing one near an officer close to him.
“Multiple officers then discharged their weapons, and the individual was struck multiple times," Patterson said.
Police then moved the man away from two vehicles that had become engulfed in flames and attempted life-saving efforts, Patterson said. He was rushed by paramedics to a hospital but died. He wasn't immediately identified.Although the chief didn't elaborate on the vehicles burned, news photographs showed a police vehicle with what appeared to be a blackened and heavily damaged engine bay being towed away.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/police-fa...otov-cocktails
Police fatally shoot North Carolina man throwing Molotov cocktails near officers, setting cars on fire
The police chief said the incident is under investigation and a report would be released in the coming days
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