A man was fatally shot by Amarillo police after opening fire on officers who approached him while looking for a different man on felony drug charges, police said Saturday.
George Michael Mireles, 34, died at a hospital where he was taken following Friday’s shooting at an apartment complex, Police Chief Martin Birkenfeld said in a statement.
Officers had approached Mireles because he resembled the man they were searching for, police say. Birkenfeld said police later learned Mireles was wanted on a felony drug charge.
Police say they later found the man they were looking for and arrested him.
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