HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — A man was shot dead by a Guam police officer following a high-speed chase early Friday morning that ended along Route 16 in Harmon.
Cellphone video captured the unnamed man’s final moments, as his SUV was seen on fire at the intersection of Army Drive, also known as Route 16, and Harmon Loop Road, also known as Route 27.
Police could be heard yelling repeatedly for the man to drop his gun. In a video, he was seen holding what looked like a rifle before one of the officers opened fire, causing the man to fall to the ground.
Bloodstains could be seen on the man’s shirt as officers turned him over on the ground and put him in handcuffs.
The man was pronounced dead at Guam Regional Medical City at 4:23 a.m.
The deceased and the officer who fired the shot have not been named.
An autopsy is pending.
The Independent Investigative Team under the Guam Office of the Attorney General was called to respond to the incident just a few minutes earlier to investigate the officer-involved shooting. Authorities said police were responding to a disturbance call at a residence when the man took off in his car and officers gave chase.
At the intersection, the man got out of his car with a weapon and his car caught on fire.
The Guam Fire Department is investigating to determine the cause of the fire.
The Guam Police Department has placed the officer who shot the man on administrative leave as an internal affairs investigation is underway.
The shooting resulted in road closures in the area for several hours, as investigators took photos, interviewed witnesses and gathered evidence at the scene.
A police officer takes photographs Friday morning of the scene of a fatal shooting that followed a high-speed chase and an SUV that erupted into flames on Route 16 in Harmon.
A screengrab from a reader-contributed video shows a motorist running out of his burning SUV and carrying what looked like a rifle after a high-speed chase in Harmon on Friday morning. Moments later, after numerous police warnings for him to drop his gun, police shot him.
A screen capture from a reader-contributed video shows Guam police officers rushing toward a man slumped on the ground after he was shot at the intersection of Routes 16 and 27 early Friday morning. The man’s burning SUV is seen on the right.
