July 01, 2011

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Cops shoot armed man who entered Calif. senior center

Bernardo Ararao was shot in the chest after he refused to drop a 9mm handgun

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By Henry K. Lee
The San Francisco Chronicle

SUISUN CITY, Calif. — A 55-year-old man who showed up with a loaded gun at a senior center in Suisun City and said he was "going on assignment" was shot and killed by a police officer, authorities said Thursday.

Bernardo Ararao was shot in the chest by a Suisun City police officer about 11:25 a.m. Wednesday after he refused to drop a 9mm handgun, police Lt. Tim Mattos said. The gun turned out to be loaded, he said.

The incident began when Ararao rode his bicycle to the Suisun City Senior Center on Merganser Drive while dressed in camouflage, police said. He showed a woman a gun and told her he was "going on assignment," prompting her to call 911, Mattos said.

Ararao then got his bike and went across the street to a post office parking lot, where police found him, Mattos said.

An officer repeatedly ordered Ararao to drop his gun, but he refused and was shot, police said. He was pronounced dead at NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield.

The name of the officer who fired was not released.

The incident is under investigation by Suisun City police and the Solano County district attorney's office.

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