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Suisun City Police Shoot, Kill Man While Responding To Disturbance

SUISUN CITY (CBS SF) -- Suisun City police responding to a disturbance fatally shot a man at a residence Tuesday evening.

Cmdr. Tim Mattos said police went to the residence in the 500 block of El Mar Ct. in Suisun City around 7:30 p.m. and encountered 49-year-old Roger Shipton in the garage of his residence.

Shipton threatened the officers with a firearm and the officers, in fear of their lives, shot Shipton to end the immediate threat, Mattos said.

The circumstances of the shooting are still under investigation, Mattos said.

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