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Teen Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting Identified

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4)- The suspect who died after a shooting with deputies in Centennial on Thursday has been identified as Allen Fanning, 18.

Fanning was shot by officers as he tried to drive away from a Big O Tires location at Arapahoe and Potomac. Deputies responded to the business on reports of a domestic violence incident.

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A man and a woman were getting a tire repaired when a second man, later identified as Fanning, came in and chased the woman around a car, according to the store manager Jesse Kolbe.

The Hyundai he was driving was eventually boxed in by squad cars less than a mile away at Arapahoe Road and Dayton.

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After Fanning refused to get out of the car and apparently reached for the weapon, police shot him. He was rushed to the hospital where he died.

A loaded gun was found inside the car he was driving.

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