A suicide call ended in a fatal officer-involved shooting Wednesday night in Prescott.
Around 7:30 p.m., two Prescott police officers responded to a home in the 1400 block of Eagle Ridge Road for a welfare check. The call came after a man made suicidal statements to a family member.
Lieutenant Gary Novak tells The News:
Officers and EMS attempted life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. As per protocol, the Arizona Department of Public Safety Major Incident Division is investigating this shooting.
The man’s identity is being withheld until next of kin are notified.