A man wanted for murder in Iowa was shot and killed Friday afternoon by Anaheim police, authorities said.
The police-involved shooting happened around 1:30 p.m. in an industrial park area at North State College Boulevard and the 91 Freeway, just south of Cal State Fullerton, police said.
Police said Victor Delgadillo, 18, was wanted in connection with a June 1 murder in Marshalltown, a small town about 50 miles northeast of Des Moines. He had been on the run for more than two months.
According to the Anaheim Police Department, officers were on the scene at the industrial park assisting a U.S. Marshals Service task force, which consisted of several local, state and federal agencies, including the California Department of Corrections and the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office.
It's unclear what prompted the officers to shoot, but police told ABC7-TV that “task force personnel and Anaheim police contacted the suspect and an officer-involved shooting occurred.”
“An Anaheim police officer and other members of the task force fired their weapons,” police said in a news release.
Delgadillo was sent to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
A passerby was also hit by a bullet, but was not seriously injured.
Delgadillo was accused of killing Ramon Alexis Feliciano Nieves, 41, at a Marshalltown bar, according to a criminal complaint.
The police shooting remains under investigation.
