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Man arrested after shooting involving Mesa police near Gilbert Road and US 60

The Mesa Police Department said officers were responding to a call of a man threatening to kill people at a business close to US 60 and Gilbert Road.

MESA, Ariz. — A man was arrested after he allegedly swung at a police officer with a knife and was shot by the officer multiple times in Mesa Monday night. 

The Mesa Police Department said 27-year-old Omar Fernando Lugo-Osun was shot multiple times by police and then taken to the Mesa City Holding Facility where he admitted to threatening a Circle K manager and to having a knife open when an officer contacted him.

Just after 9 p.m. a manager at the Circle K on 1953 East Southern Avenue in Mesa called police about a man who was acting erratically, threatening to kill him and punching the air. 

Officials said the man left the store when the manager said he called police. Officers said the found Lugo-Osun on Gilbert Road based on the description the manager gave. 

Police said Lugo-Osun ignored the officer who first tried to stop him. When the officer tried stopping him again, Lugo-Osun allegedly jumped off his bike and swung a knife at the officer, authorities said.

The officer stumbled to the ground and fired his gun at Lugo-Osun, hitting him multiples times, police said.

Lugo-Osun was treated for non-life threatening injuries and later booked on multiple charges including one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of threatening and intimidating.

This is the second police shooting that was reported in the Valley on Monday.

Earlier in the day, a man was transported to the hospital in critical condition after a shooting involving Phoenix police near 7th Street and Bell Road. 

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