The Latest: N. Carolina officer says suspect shot gun first
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Latest on a burglary suspect shot to death by police officers in North Carolina (all times local):
4:50 p.m.
A police chief says the officer who shot and killed a burglary suspect in North Carolina told investigators he thought the man fired a gun.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cary Police Chief Tony Godwin said at a news conference Monday that the officer heard a gunshot and saw a muzzle flash before he fired at 22-year-old Shaquian Johnson. The chief says a gun stolen hours earlier was found near the shooting scene.
Authorities say officers were looking for Johnson after he ran from a home where a woman and her granddaughter called 911 around 2:30 a.m. Sunday and reported a break in.
Godwin says 29-year-old officer A.J. Lopez spotted Johnson about three hours later. The chief says there is no body camera footage of Lopez shooting the suspect.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lopez is off patrol during the investigation into the shooting.
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9 a.m.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say a man shot to death by an officer in a suburban North Carolina neighborhood had a gun he had just stolen.
Cary spokeswoman Carrie Roman identified the man killed as 22-year-old Shaquian Johnson in a news release Monday.
Roman says a woman and her granddaughter called 911 around 2:30 a.m. Sunday after the younger woman saw Johnson creep into their Cary home.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say Johnson ran as officers arrived, but they caught him a few blocks away. Investigators have not said if Johnson tried to shoot at officers.
Police say Johnson broke into several cars nearby and took a gun.
Roman says 29-year-old officer A.J. Lopez fired his gun. He is off patrolling during the investigation.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Roman says officer Lopez is Hispanic and Johnson was black.