Police have released the name of the man shot and killed by police Tuesday outside a local Walmart.
Charles David Brown Jr. of Lincoln Park is the deceased.
Brown's fiancee, whose name has not been released, remains behind bars pending possible retail fraud charges, said Lt. Michael Graham.
Graham, who called the shooting justified, said there is a video they plan to get from Walmart that would show the chain of events surrounding the shooting. "The preliminary investigation indicates that the officers did follow policy and procedure to defend themselves. The officers acted within reason of a possible assault by a motor vehicle," said Graham, referring to allegations that Brown tried run over the officers.
Brown, a suspected shoplifter, was shot and killed by police Tuesday in the parking lot of a Walmart store.
According to a release from the Woodhaven Police Department, officers were called to the store in the 23800 block of Allen Road at about 7:45 p.m. after receiving a call about a man and woman leaving the store with stolen items.
When police arrived, they were confronted by a man in the parking lot who was wielding a screwdriver. The suspect, Brown, was ordered to drop the screwdriver, but instead jumped into a vehicle that later was shown to be stolen, police said.
Police say Brown "put the vehicle into reverse and attempted to run over an officer at which time he struck a patrol car," according to the release. "The suspect then put the vehicle in drive and attempted to run over another officer. At this time officers fired their weapons to end the assault."
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