GREENSBORO, N.C. — Update: Police identified the victim as 51-year-old Graham Roberson.
Thursday, he was shot and killed by a Greensboro police officer on Tuscaloosa Street just after midnight Thursday, police say.
Officers were called to that area in reference to a suspicious car in the area.
When they arrived they searched the area and moments later, an officer observed Roberson walking in the street.
The officer approached him in their patrol car and noticed he had a gun prompting the officer to shoot at him from their car.
Police say Roberson did not fire his gun.
The officer began rendering aid until additional officers and EMS personnel arrived.
Roberson was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died from their injuries.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is conducting a criminal investigation into the incident, which police say is standard protocol with critical incidents involving a death
This investigation is ongoing. Stay with us for updates.
You can read more about the Greensboro Police Departmental Directives, here.
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