A WALMART PARKING LOT TURNED
INTO A CRIME SCENE FOR
HOURS... AFTER CLOVIS POLICE
SHOT AND KILLED A 26-YEAR- OLD
MAN, THEY SAY WAS ARMED WITH A
RIFLE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M
KIRSTEN MITCHELL. WE NOW KNOW
THE NAME OF THE CLOVIS MAN
KILLED.... NIKOLAS FRAZIER.
THIS ALL UNFOLDED EARLY THIS
MORNING... AT THE WALMART NEAR
HERNDON AND CLOVIS AVENUE.
POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED
OUT THERE FOR A REPORT OF A
MAN WITH A RIFLE.. THINGS
CLEARLY ESCALTED AND POLICE
SHOT FRAZIER. A LOT OF
QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN.... BUT
OUR DENNIS VALERA TONIGHT IS
WORKING TO GET ANSWERS.
DENNIS POLICE ARE BEING VERY
TIGHT-LIPPED. EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON... A SPOKESMAN TOLD
ME THEY WERE STILL IN THE
PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING THE
OFFICERS... WHO WERE HERE THIS
MORNING. PEOPLE WHO COME TO
THIS WALMART ARE SHOCKED...
AND WANT TO KNOW WHY A 26-
YEAR-OLD MAN IS DEAD. POLICE
TAPE CLOSED OFF A SECTION OF
THIS WALMART SUPERCENTER'S
PARKING LOT WELL INTO THE
AFTERNOON. EVIDENCE MARKERS...
AND MEDICAL KITS ON THE
GROUND. CLOVIS POLICE
LIEUTENANT JIM MUNRO... SAYS
OFFICERS FOUND 26-YEAR- OLD
NIKOLAS FRAZIER HERE...
HOLDING WHAT LOOKED LIKE A
RIFLE. SOMETHING
HAPPENED...CAUSIN G THOSE
OFFICERS...TO FIRE. Lt. Jim
Munro/Clovis Police Department
"the suspect was hit, officers
rendered medical aid very
quickly and he was immediately
transported to the hospital.
Upon arriving at the hospital,
he was pronounced deceased."
THE POLICE TAPE CAME DOWN BY
3... BUT SOME OFFICERS WERE
STILL IN THE PARKING LOT.
(nats:*sweepin*)
NEARBY...CLEANUP FOR A
SALON... HIT BY THE GUNFIRE.
THE OWNER SAYS THEIR INSURANCE
WILL COVER THE DAMAGE. sot
"it's horrible and it breaks
my heart." THE NEWS CAME AS A
SURPRISE FOR GINGER LAWSON...
WHO COMES TO THIS WALMART
OFTEN. GUN VIOLENCE IS A
TOUCHY SUBJECT... HER
NEWPHEW...A VICTIM OF
IT...YEARS AGO. Ginger
Lawson/Shopper "it was a
homicide, um, a guy went up
behind him and said, hey, I
think I know you. My nephew
was like, no, you don't know
me, and the guy just shot him
in the back of his head." SHE
SAYS SHE ALSO HAS A BACKGROUND
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT... AND
HOPES THE OFFICERS
INVOLVED...DID THIS AS A LAST
RESORT. Ginger Lawson/Shopper
"there's ways to disable
someone, instead of killing
them. unless the guy was like,
right point blank gonna shoot
them, gonna shoot them, why
kill him? I need more
information." ALL INVOLVED
OFFICERS ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
A CLOVIS POLICE OFFICER HAS
SHOT SOMEONE IN MORE THAN FOUR
YEARS. THERE WILL BE A PRESS
CONFERENCE TUESDAY WITH MORE
INFORMATION... AS WELL AS
OTHER EVIDENCE...LIKE BODY CAM
FOOTAGE. DENNIS VALERA CBS 47
EYEWITNESS NEWS
AND WE WILL BE THERE AT THE
NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY...
YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG TOO ON
OUR WEBSITE YOURCENTRALVALL
EY.COM. THAT'S WHERE WE WILL
BE POSTING UPDATES DURING THE
NEWS CONFERENCE. YOU CAN ALSO
FIND THE LATEST ON OUR MOBILE
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