Original Article News Update 30-year-old man shot by Mesa police By Kim Smith, Tribune A 30-year-old man was shot multiple times Tuesday by Mesa police officers investigating a report of a break-in. Police received an anonymous tip shortly after 12:15 a.m. that a man was trying to break into a check-cashing business near Dobson Road and Main Street. When officers arrived, they saw a man, later identified as Orin Ray Antone of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, in a parking lot south of the business and ordered him to stop and raise his arms, said police Sgt. Chuck Trapani. "The suspect was uncooperative and began yelling profanities at the officers," Trapani said. "He then reached under his shirt and began holding an object that officers thought could possibly have been a weapon." When Antone refused commands to drop what he was carrying and show police his hands, he was shot several times with a beanbag shotgun, Trapani said. Antone continued to ignore commands and advanced on the officers, Trapani said, and two shot him when he got close. Antone fell, but got up and continued to walk toward the officers, prompting them to shoot again, Trapani said. Antone had an object under his shirt, but detectives wont disclose what it was until officers and witnesses have been interviewed, Trapani said. Antone was identified through fingerprints because he had no identification and refused to give officers his name, Trapani said. There was no evidence of a break-in at the check-cashing business, but the caller had said the culprit was scared away by an alarm, Trapani said. The officers involved in the shooting, whose names were not released, will likely be placed on paid administrative leave, which is departmental policy, Trapani said. Antone has been wanted in California since January 2003 on a probation violation stemming from a robbery, Trapani said. He has also been wanted by Mesa police since December 2002, when he failed to appear in court on a false reporting charge. Maricopa County Superior Court records indicate Antone was arrested in 2000 after he and a friend were accused of robbing a Scottsdale convenience store clerk at gunpoint. The charges against Antone were dismissed in February 2001. His co-defendant pleaded guilty. Contact Kim Smith by email, or phone (480) 898-6334