Kevin Grasha, and Justin A. Hinkley

Lansing

UPDATED 11 A.M. -- The man shot and killed Monday by a Lansing Township police officer during a traffic stop has been identified as 27-year-old Randall Minier Jr.

Minier recently lived in Lansing, although officials today said he is a "Lansing-area resident."

A state police investigator today said that Minier "displayed a gun to the officers" during the traffic stop Monday afternoon in the 2600 block of West Kalamazoo Street. Minier was a passenger, one of three people, in the car.

"He definitely had a weapon," said Michigan State Police Detective First Lt. Sean Furlong. State police were called in to investigate the incident.

Furlong also said today that only one of the two Lansing Township police officers at the scene fired his weapon.

Officials have not said what caused an officer to pull over the car, or how many shots were fired.

Furlong declined to comment about what a witness to the shooting told the Lansing State Journal for a story published today.

That witness, Tyrell Washington, said he was driving the car when it was pulled over at about 1:30 p.m. Washington said Minier had his hands raised with the gun in the air, "Like, 'I got a gun on me.' He was showing them."

Because of the recent focus nationwide on officer-involved shootings, officials have emphasized that Minier is not African-American.

Minier is listed as Hispanic in Michigan Department of Corrections records.

He has been convicted of crimes including assaulting/resisting/obstructing police. He pleaded guilty to that charge in 2005 in Clinton County Circuit Court, records show.

The state police investigation into Monday's shooting is continuing.

According to scanner traffic, at 1:33 p.m. a Lansing Township police officer reported to dispatchers that he was "holding (them) at gunpoint, right now."

Seconds later, an officer – it's not clear if it's the same officer – said: "Got two prone, got a third one. He's unconscious. Going to need an ambulance."

Minier was shot and killed in the first officer-involved shooting in the township in at least two decades, officials said.

Washington, 24, said he saw his friend raise his hands, heard police yell twice to drop the weapon and then without delay heard, "Pop! Pop!" Then he saw his friend slump forward.

"They shot right through the back window," he said. "They didn't ask no questions, nothing. Just shot."

Washington and another man were questioned by police. Washington's girlfriend, Crystal Campbell, 25, owns the black Chevrolet Monte Carlo the men were riding in.

Washington said when he saw police lights behind him Monday afternoon, he pulled the car into the driveway of Campbell's sister.

A second officer, who apparently was nearby, arrived for backup.

Hoffman said one of the officers had been with the department just under three years and the second had been with the department for 15 years. She provided no further information on them but said both are on paid leave.