RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) � Officers shot and killed a man Saturday afternoon who
was throwing Molotov cocktails and setting cars on fire near a police
station in Raleigh, North Carolina, authorities said.

The confrontation began after an officer observed a man lighting vehicles
on fire in a parking lot near a district station at around 1:20 p.m.,
Police Chief Estella Patterson said at a news conference.

The officer called for assistance, and three other officers came to help,
she said, and the officers ordered the man to stop. Patterson said the man
continued to throw Molotov cocktails, ultimately tossing one near an
officer close to him.

�Multiple officers then discharged their weapons, and the individual was
struck multiple times," Patterson said.

Police then moved the man away from two vehicles that had become engulfed
in flames and attempted life-saving efforts, Patterson said. He was rushed
by paramedics to a hospital but died. He wasn't immediately identified.

Body cameras were active, as well as cameras outside the police station
that captured events, Patterson said, adding she didn't have any immediate
information on the number of shots fired or how many had struck the man.

She thanked firefighters for quickly arriving and putting out the flames.

Although the chief didn't elaborate on the vehicles burned, news
photographs showed a police vehicle with what appeared to be a blackened
and heavily damaged engine bay being towed away.

The police chief said an investigation is ongoing and more details of the
shooting would be released in a report in coming days.

The FBI was notified in keeping with department policy, Patterson added,
noting the investigation's findings will be submitted to the Wake County
district attorney.

The shooting took place near the department's southeast district station
in Raleigh, North Carolina's capital city. Police, fire and other
emergency response vehicles swarmed the street afterward and the stretch
of road remained close for several hours while the investigation
continued.

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