Update: Modesto police shoot armed man who entered Walgreens on McHenry Avenue
An armed man inside Walgreens on McHenry Avenue was shot by a Modesto police officer on Wednesday afternoon.
The department said officers were conducting a traffic stop near the drug store, just south of Roseburg Avenue, when the passenger in the vehicle walked into the Walgreens.
Officers went into the store and “contacted the male, who immediately fled from officers,” the Modesto Police Department said in a Facebook post.
During a chase through the store, they noticed the man was in possession of a handgun, the post said. A shooting occurred.
The suspect suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to Sharon Bear, spokeswoman for the department.
It was not immediately known how the officer saw the man was in possession of the firearm, which was recovered from the scene, or what threat he posed to the officer or those inside the store.
The store, including a pharmacy, is normally open at all hours. A recorded message Wednesday evening said it is “temporarily closed.”
It was the second time in two days an officer from the department was involved in a shooting.
On Tuesday, an officer, part of a team investigating a double homicide Friday night on Semple Street in Modesto, shot a suspect in the killings at a park in Stockton.
There was no immediate information on the condition of that suspect, who was armed, and what specifically led to the shooting.
At the McHenry Avenue incident, red and yellow crime scene tape was set up around the store and parking lot after the shooting.
McHenry was open to traffic in all lanes 40 minutes after the shooting, which occurred just before 4 p.m.
Modesto detectives and the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office are conducting independent investigations, which is standard procedure.
This story was originally published October 21, 2020 at 4:40 PM.
