Metro Police officers investigate an officer involved shooting at the Life Springs Christian Church on East Warm Springs Road and Burnham Avenue on Saturday, August 5, 2017.
Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 | 12:07 p.m.
The Metro Police officer who shot an armed, nude suspect Saturday morning has been identified as Mark Hatten, according to the department.
About 11 a.m. on Saturday officers were dispatched to the 2000 block of East Warm Springs Road, near Eastern Avenue, regarding a nude man on foot threatening to commit suicide in a church parking lot, police said.
After the man set his firearm on the ground and appeared to be surrendering, he ran back towards the weapon and Hatten fired one round, striking the man according to police. The suspect was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center where he remained in stable condition according to police.
Hatten, 42, has been with Metro since Jan. 2007 and has been placed on routine paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a review of this incident, police said.
