Maricopa police shoot, kill man after hang-up 911 call

An unidentified man was shot and killed by Maricopa police officers Sunday afternoon after the officers responded to a 911 hang-up call.

Ricardo Alvarado, a Maricopa Police Department spokesman, said the officers were on their way to a home in the Cobblestone Farms subdivision, north of Fountain Park Drive, around 2:20 p.m., when they confronted the man. It is unknown how or why the officers identified the man as the suspect.

The officers believed the man was carrying a weapon of some sort, Alvarado said.

Alvarado said the officers felt threatened and fired at the man -- one with a handgun and the other with a rifle -- about two minutes after making contact with him.

Alvarado said the man was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.

Neither officer was injured, he said.

The incident is being investigated by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

The identity of the man has not been released, and the incident is under investigation, police said.