Tucson police fatally shoot armed man suspected of robbing dispensary

The incident happened near East Grant Road and North Treat Avenue.

The video shows the suspect, who PRCIT identified as 37-year-old Nicholas Mauro Sosa, jump over the counter of a dispensary and point a gun at an employee.

Investigators say the suspect left the dispensary and went inside a nearby Mexican food restaurant.

After failing to listen to an officer’s commands to drop his weapon, that officer fired at the suspect with his rifle.

Sosa was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

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The officer who fired the rifle has been identified as 14-year Tucson Police veteran Sgt. Jesse Chlopowicz.