Man shot, killed by Alexandria police on Maris Ave identified

ALEXANDRIA, Va. ( DC News Now ) — The Alexandria Police Department (APD) has released the name of the man who was shot and killed by police on Aug. 12

Police identified the man as 61-year-old Paul Gabriel Behan, Jr.

As we previously reported, on Monday night a man called 911 and requested police to do a well-being check at the Parkside at Alexandria condo complex for one of his coworkers who lived there.

Within three minutes, officers arrived at the 5100 block of Maris Ave and found Behan, who exited his apartment and went into the stairwell holding a gun.

According to APD, officers negotiated with Behan for more than 30 minutes and attempted to de-escalate the situation.

Police said they pleaded with Behan several times to drop the gun, but were unsuccessful.

At 11:21 p.m., an Alexandria police officer shot the man after he made a “threatening action,” according to APD.

The officer who fired his gun was a 19 veteran and a member of APD’s Special Operations team.

He was placed on administrative leave while the Critical Incident Response Team investigated the shooting.

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