Man killed by security guard identified

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Man ******* by security guard identified

AUSTIN, Texas – So far, no charges have been filed in the deadly H-E-B ********* in

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, but police are sharing more information on what led up to the *********.

Austin police identified the person who ***** as Michael Rosario Jr., 32.

APD says it started as a shoplifting incident.

“I went to the grocery store a little bit before 4 p.m. to pick up some groceries, and I was waiting in the self-checkout line and I heard something that I immediately recognized as gunshots,” an anonymous witness said.

APD responded to reports of a ********* at the H-E-B on Canyon Ridge Drive on Friday, Sept. 27. Initially, it was reported to be an active shooter, but was later determined not to be.

A caller told APD that a person was shoplifting and lunged at a security guard with a ******.

According to APD, the investigation revealed the security officer was trying to get Rosario to exit the store. Rosario then took out a ****** and armed himself with a hubcap as a shield.

“It was a very kind of surreal moment. Some people got hit on the ground. Some people ran away. Some people stood where they were standing,” said the witness.

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After the taser was ineffective, Rosario charged at the security guard, prompting the security guard to ****** at Rosario.

Rosario was taken to a local hospital, but later ***** from his injuries.

A security expert FOX 7 Austin spoke with says if an individual comes toward an officer with an edged *******, they have legal authority to use lethal force.

“If their life is threatened or if an individual’s life is threatened to cause bodily harm, injury or ******, they have the right to use force up to lethal force to protect their asset or protect those individuals,” said Michael Matranga, the CEO of a security consulting firm in Texas.

Days later, the community is still reeling from the *********.

“The fact that this person is now ***** and that it happened in my own community and that it happened in my supermarket,” said the witness.

H-E-B confirmed with FOX 7 on Monday it was a third-party security officer who fired the shots, not an H-E-B employee.

APD told us the two didn’t know each other.

We are not identifying the shooter at this time because he has not been charged.

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