SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The deadly shooting of a suspect by two Scottsdale police officers Wednesday afternoon is under investigation.
Police confirmed the man who died was Chris Mellon.
Police say the shooting happened at a home near Pinnacle Peak and Dobson roads around 4 p.m. Officers responded to the area after receiving a welfare check request for a woman at her residence, police said.
The caller explained that the woman and her husband were having domestic problems. The husband was acting erratically and he was armed, police said.
When officers arrived they learned that there were several immediate family members in the home, but the wife was not there, police said.
In a conversation with 12 News, the wife said there was no domestic violence situation. She said her husband had never put hands on her in 30 years of marriage.
Instead, she said her husband was driven crazy after a family member was allegedly sexually assaulted by someone outside the family in 2016. The wife said the husband felt guilty and had attempted to take his own life multiple times.
As officers worked to get the relatives out safely, Mellon was spotted on the roof. He was pointing a gun at officers who fired their weapons, hitting the man.
Scottsdale police said Mellon died on the scene.
What led up to the shooting remains under investigation.
No officers were hurt.