Eugene police identify man fatally shot by officers

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities have identified a man killed by two officers in Eugene after he allegedly pointed a rifle at them.
 
Eugene police said Wednesday that 31-year-old Roger Craig Nielsen was fatally shot Tuesday at an apartment complex.
 
Police say officers went to the complex after learning an armed man was holding a woman and her child hostage.
 
The suspect then left on foot, and police thought he might have fled to a relative’s apartment nearby.
 
Police say officers saw Nielsen in an apartment and ordered him to come out with his hands up. Police say Nielsen came out with a rifle pointed at officers and refused to drop the weapon.
 
Two officers fired, striking Nielsen, who was pronounced dead at a hospital.
 
Police say the names of the officers are being withheld until investigative interviews are complete.