Deputies were dispatched to the Aloha Motel for a well-being checkup on a white man in his 60s at around 1:30 p.m. When deputies arrived, the man they were responding to came out of his motel room with a rifle on him, pointed it at deputies and ran toward them, and they shot and killed him.
Agency: Lee County Sheriff's Office
Motive: Welfare check
Confrontation Type: Mental Health/Welfare Check
Service Call: Yes
Body Camera: No
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Name withheld by police
Death Date: July 16, 2020
County: Lee
Geography: Suburban
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Race: White
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: Yes
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: gun
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: Not fleeing
Washington Post Database ID: 5995