The critical incident unit said that officers provided medical attention to Galarza using first aid kits until Tucson firefighters arrived. Police said that while Galarza was on the ground, he pointed his gun at officers Ernest Ortiz and Pedersen which prompted officers to shoot at him. Officer Barrie Pedersen released his police dog, Kiro, to apprehend Galarza and brought him to the ground, according to police. But Galarza tried to flee and removed a black handgun out of a bag that he was carrying, according to the incident team. and told him to get down on the ground so that they could arrest him. Officials said that officers approached Galarza when he came out of the store at 11:51 a.m. 25.ÄȘccording to the Pima Regional Critical Incident Team (PRCIT), Tucson Police SWAT officers had been conducting surveillance on Galarza, regarding active felony arrest warrants stemming from a home invasion and bank robbery just before the shooting. Authorities have released bodycam footage from a Tucson police shooting that killed 49-year-old Francisco Javier Galarza at a Circle K on Aug.
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