Phoenix Cop Shoots “Impaired” Man Dead For Allegedly Throwing Rocks, Reports Say

1CK1S · December 2015

A police officer in Phoenix shot a man dead after he allegedly threw rocks at him and another officer, according to an NBC News report.

A local ABC affiliate reported that the victim was “impaired” at the time. Relatives also say he had been making “suicidal statements.”

On Saturday morning, a police spokesperson said Lonnie Niesen, 41, allegedly threw an “object” at a police officer’s car at a stop light outside of a precinct headquarters.

The officer called for backup, and followed Niesen into a nearby parking lot, where, according to the police, the impaired man threw rocks at the precinct building.

http://www.salon.com/2015/12/28/phoenix_cop_shoots_impaired_man_dead_for_allegedly_throwing_rocks_reports_say/