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OGDEN — A man was shot and killed by police who say he pointed a gun at officers and ignored "numerous commands to drop the firearm" early Sunday morning.
Police initially received a report of a "weapons disturbance" at a home in the 200 block of Eccles Avenues shortly after 1 a.m., according to Ogden Police Chief Eric Young. He said a woman told dispatchers an intoxicated man had a gun and was "acting erratically."
"He told the female if she called the police that he would handle it himself and take himself out when the officers came to the house," Young said.
Seven officers responded to the home, where they encountered the man outside of it. All seven officers shot at the man after he pointed the gun at them and refused to drop the weapon, Young said.
Matias Yosino, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were injured.
Young said he believed the man was in his 20s and lived at the home. Ogden Police Department officials say they plan to release other information about the case later this week.
Police had responded to the home for "calls of this nature" in the past over the past three years, including where the man had threatened to use a gun against himself or officers, Young added. He said it also appears the man was not legally permitted to own a gun because of his criminal history.
What may have caused Yosino to act erratically is a part of the investigation, which will be handled by members of the Weber-Morgan Critical Incident Task Force.
All seven officers were placed on paid administrative leave, pending a review of the incident, per standard protocol.
Footage of the shooting was captured by cameras that police officers wear. Weber County Attorney's Office will release this body camera footage "as quickly as possible without interfering with the investigation," Young said.
"It would be preliminary of me to draw any kind of conclusions at this point in time," he said, noting there will also be an internal investigation of the incident. "The Weber County attorney is the ultimate decision-maker, criminally, in whether the use of force was legal or not."
