Man yelled 'shoot me' before Durham officers opened fire at shopping center

According to the report, Christy was upset over a domestic situation and had called the Orange County Sheriff’s Office several times that day in an attempt to speak to his wife, who was in jail.

Christy told deputies he wanted to speak to his wife so “she could hear the gunshot when he killed himself,” the report states.

Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said deputies were familiar with Christy because they had responded to previous situations involving him and his wife. A domestic violence protective order was issued Wednesday because Christy had made threats against his wife, but it was never served, the sheriff said.

Authorities warned of suicidal man before fatal officer-involved shooting in Durham

Following Christy’s calls to authorities, Durham police arranged for delivery of involuntary psychiatric commitment papers.

When officers approached Christy in the New Hope Commons parking lot to deliver the papers, he began “pacing erratically with the firearm pointed to his head” and shouted to officers to “shoot me, shoot me [expletive],” according to the report.

The report states that officers said, “Shaun, put the gun down” multiple times, but Christy continued to pace back and forth and ignore the officers’ commands.

Christy then thrust his gun in the direction of two officers, who responded by opening fire.

Officers began performing CPR and Christy was taken to Duke Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Cpl. B.M. Glover and Officer G.F. Paschall have been put on administrative leave pending a State Bureau of Investigation review of the shooting, which is standard procedure in an officer-involved shooting. Glover has been with the Durham Police Department for 12 years, while Paschall joined the department three years ago.