IRVING, Texas (AP) - Police in the Dallas suburb of Irving fatally shot a man who was wielding a shotgun after they say he blasted his way into a closed convenience store Thursday, according to the police department.
An employee hiding in a washroom at a 7-Eleven reported that a man was shooting out the store’s glass doors shortly after 1 a.m., according to a statement from the Irving Police Department. Officers arrived to find a man emerging from the business.
An officer ordered the man to drop the shotgun, but he didn’t. The officer then shot the suspect dead, police said.
Police identified the man as Joseph Zahaczewski, 69, of Irving.
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