Sheriff's Office Identifies Man Shot Dead by Deputy Near Napa Airport
NAPA (CBS SF) -- The Napa County coroner's office has identified a burglary suspect fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy Friday afternoon near the county airport.
Brandan Reid Nylander, a 24-year-old Napa resident, died after a Napa County sheriff's deputy shot him following a vehicle pursuit that ended at a locked gate by the Napa County airport.
Napa police were searching for Nylander, who was suspected of stealing ammunition at around 2 p.m. Friday from a Walmart on Lincoln Ave., when sheriff's deputies spotted his car on Highway 29 near Highway 221 and gave chase.
Nylander emerged from his car carrying a firearm and was shot by a deputy, according to an e-mail from sheriff's office spokesman Henry Wofford.
An investigation is being conducted by Napa County Sheriff's detectives along with the major crimes task force.
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