By DAVID KENNARD - dkennard@idahostatesman.com
A Nampa man was shot by police early Tuesday morning after a short standoff at a home in the 100 block of 16th Avenue South.
Nampa police said Lance D. Warr, 24, was taken to a Boise hospital after police shot him about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Police went to the address about 11:30 p.m. Monday during an investigation of an armed robbery at a Nampa payday loan store on Monday afternoon.
When police arrived at the home they determined the suspect was inside and called Nampa’s Tactical Response Team and Crisis Negotiation Team to help.
Several people were taken out of the building, and negotiators attempted to make contact with Warr for about an hour.
After attempts to get the man to exit the home on his own, the tactical team went in using tear gas in the room where the man was thought to be hiding.
Police said the man then came out of a closet and pointed a handgun at officers. Officers fired at the suspect, hitting him several times.
“The suspect was able to then follow further commands by the officers,” Nampa Police Department deputy chief LeRoy Forsman said in a prepared statement. “He was taken into custody without further incident.”
Police said they would not release the names of the officers involved, but said no officers were hurt in the shooting.
The incident began when Nampa police responded to the EZ Money store in the 1000 block of 12th Avenue South about 4:30 p.m. Monday to investigate a report of an armed robbery.
Police said Warr was later identified as the suspect in the robbery.
They said the man was armed with a handgun, and took an undisclosed amount of cash before he fled the area in a large, black SUV.
No one was hurt in the robbery.
“As is standard procedure in a case of this nature, the Critical Incident Task Force was called in to investigate this incident,” Forsman said. “The Idaho State Police will be the lead agency in the case.”
David Kennard: 377-6436
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