The shooting happened about 12:20 p.m. Tuesday at Fifth and Spring streets. Dale Garrett, 51, died at a hospital.
Police say Garrett, a transient and a parolee, approached an undercover detective and offered to sell drugs to one of them.
“Garrett then verbally threatened to kill the detective, while simultaneously retrieving a seven-inch folding saw,” police said, which is when the detective shot him.
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