Police in Marshalltown, Iowa, Saturday identified the 18-year-old murder suspect who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers serving a search warrant in Anaheim.
Victor Antonio Delgadillo was wanted for suspicion of first-degree murder in a fatal shooting in that community, the Marshalltown Police Department said in a news release.
Delgadillo, a Marshalltown resident, was accused of shooting a fellow resident, 41-year-old Ramon Alexis Feliciano Nieves, at 1:20 a.m. June 1 at a bar. A 15-year-old suspect was arrested later that month for suspicion of being an accessory after the fact, police said.
Delgadillo had remained at large and a $5,000 reward was offered for information leading to his arrest.
The law enforcement shooting occurred while officers from the Anaheim Police Department were assisting members of a U.S. Marshals task force serving a search warrant on the suspect at State College Boulevard and the Riverside (91) Freeway at about 1:30 p.m. Friday, Anaheim police Sgt. Matt Sutter said.
After contacting the suspect now identified as Delgadillo, an Anaheim police officer and other members of the task force fired their weapons. The officers rendered first aid before Delgadillo was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
No officers were injured in the shooting, but a bystander was struck by a bullet, which resulted in a minor injury, police said. The bystander was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released a short time later.
A firearm was located at the scene, police said.
The Orange County District Attorney’s office was investigating the shooting.