Coroner IDs man shot to death by police in Denver

DENVER (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a man who was shot to death by police in a hotel parking lot in Denver.

The Denver Post reports (https://goo.gl/A0uHA1 ) the coroner’s office identified the man as 32-year-old Ramone Lonergan.

Police say Lonergan was in a vehicle that officers were trying to secure because they believed it was linked to a group of people suspected of committing credit card fraud.

Lonergan got out of the front passenger side of the SUV on Monday, tried to evade officers and produced a handgun. Police say officers gave verbal commands to try to take him into custody before two of them fired at him.

Police learned of the suspected fraud after contacting the motel about an unrelated stolen vehicle officers found in the parking lot.

No officers were injured.

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Information from: The Denver Post, https://www.denverpost.com