Tucson police have identified the 34-year-old man shot and killed by officers at South Lawn Cemetery Friday night.
Joseph Zimmerman pointed a firearm at police officers when they responded to reports of a suicidal man at the cemetery, according to a Tucson Police Department news release.
Tucson police received a 911 call from a man at the cemetery, located at 5401 South Park Avenue, saying he had a gun and was suicidal.
Officers trained in crisis intervention, along with the K9 and air unit, responded to the cemetery and located Zimmerman in the southwest part, the release said.
While additional officers cleared the cemetery of bystanders, negotiators unsuccessfully trying to talk to Zimmerman via cell phone and public address system, during which Zimmerman threw down his phone and began to approach police with a gun to his head, the release said.
Officers gave multiple commands for him to put down his gun, but he refused at pointed it toward police. Officers Francisco Magos and Timothy Anderson fired their guns, striking Zimmerman.
Officers called paramedics and immediately began using their Individual First Aid Kits on Zimmerman, however after paramedics arrived, Zimmerman was pronunced deceased.
No officers were injured during the incident and detectives later determined that the gun Zimmerman was holding was a BB gun.
Magos and Anderson have been placed on paid administrative leave, as is standard procedure after officer-involved shootings.
Magos has worked with the department for nearly 11 years and Anderson is a six-year veteran of TPD.
Homicide detectives and the office of professional standards are conducting separate investigations into the shooting.
This is the second officer-involved shooting in Pima County in 2017. The last officer-involved shooting in Tucson was Jan. 28, when a Pima County Sheriff's deputy shot a man who opened fire on deputies during a foot chase on the southwest side of town.
