Man shot, killed by police amid altercation identified

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a man shot and killed by Henderson police officers in a gated community early Thursday morning.

Ryan Yamasaki, 36, was shot after ignoring orders to drop a box cutter and charging at officers, according to the Henderson Police Department.

Officers arrived about 4:15 a.m. in 1500 block of Point Vista Avenue in response to a woman’s call for help, the department said. After hearing a woman’s screams, they forced their way into a home and encountered Yamasaki, who was in a closet, it said.

Yamasaki “charged” at officers after they ordered him to drop the weapon, police spokesman Lt. Kirk Moore said during a news briefing Thursday. Yamasaki was declared dead at the scene.

The woman who called for help was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center for unspecified but survivable injuries, police said.

The officers who fired their weapons were later identified by police as Haven Tillmon, Matthew Brown, Bridget Ward and Zachary Winningham. One of the officers was shot in the foot; police did not specify which one.

The officers are on paid leave while police investigate the shooting.

The shooting was the second by Henderson police this year. It was the department’s first fatal shooting of 2018.