A man who was shot by police in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood Wednesday morning has died, officials said.
The incident happened around 10:45 a.m. in the area of Southwest 25th Avenue and 22nd Avenue, just south of Broward Boulevard.
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Fort Lauderdale Police officials said officers responded to a call for service involving a male having a mental health crisis, and received information that the male had a gun and was in a home with other people.
It turned out the man was in a home with multiple family members including an infant age child, police said.
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When officers arrived, the man came out of the home with a gun in his hand and there was a police-involved shooting that left the man injured.
The 21-year-old man was taken to Broward Health Medical Center as a trauma alert, but police later confirmed he died. His identity hasn't been released.
"The male was non complaint and ignored officers’ commands to drop the gun. The male continued to endanger those around him, including the officers, and officers were forced to engage him," police said in a statement. "A total of three officers discharged their firearms during this shooting."
Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed a pile of clothes next to a pool of blood on the driveway of a home that was closed off with yellow police tape.
"He has a firearm, he is not complying with demands to drop that and endangering officers and the community," Fort Lauderdale Police Det. Ali Adamson said. "In this set of circumstances it was a very unfortunate outcome and that is not lost on us."
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the incident, which is standard practice in police shootings.
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