UPDATE:
Boynton Beach police have identified the robbery suspect who was shot and killed by officers on Sunday night as 62-year-old Adalberto Wolmar Rodriguez of Lantana.
The officers involved in the shooting are identified as Sgt. Brian McDeavitt, Officer Harold Hall and Officer Daryn Whitefield. They remain on paid administrative leave, which is department policy following an officer-involved shooting.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is now investigating, which is standard protocol in officer-involved shootings.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Boynton Beach police said officers shot and killed a man outside a Publix after he robbed a Dollar Tree at gunpoint Sunday evening.
Police say the man robbed a Dollar Store located at 4641 N. Congress Ave. in Boynton Beach.
Witnesses described hearing gun shots around 5:15 p.m. near the Publix.
"I started running away when I ran out of my shoes," said witness John Jennings. "I thought it was firecrackers until I saw the man laying down with the gun in his hand."
Nine minutes before the armed man was shot and killed by Boynton Beach officers, police said he robbed the Dollar Tree across the street at gunpoint.
"Officers who were already in this plaza identified and located that subject walking through the shopping plaza here and approaching the Publix building," said Boynton Beach Police Chief Michael Gregory.
Boynton Beach police released a picture of the gun they say the robber was holding while refusing to obey officers' commands. After several attempts to have the man drop the gun, Chief Gregory said the officer did what they are trained to do.
"The employees were at work. The other stores were filled with shoppers and employees, and it was hectic and chaotic to hear those rounds going off, but it would have been a catastrophe if that subject would have gotten inside that Publix," said Chief Gregory.
Authorities said the robbery suspect has a criminal history. No officers were hurt.
VIDEO: @BBPDPoliceChief Michael Gregory briefs the media aboute this afternoon's officer-involved shooting. https://t.co/edGagtDzXS
— Boynton Beach Police (@BBPD) July 29, 2019
