"suspicious looking" in mesa can get you killed. Original Article Mesa officer shoots, kills 19-year-old By Katie McDevitt, Tribune June 14, 2005 A Mesa police officer shot and killed a 19-year-old man Monday after someone called 911 saying the man walking along the sidewalk was "suspicious looking" and may be armed. The shooting happened about 5:30 p.m. at Greenfield and Brown roads. According to police, the man was walking north along Greenfield Road carrying a nylon bag when an officer approached him. The man was uncooperative and a confrontation ensued. The officer fired multiple shots at the man, who threw his bag on the ground, ran about 40 yards, then died on the sidewalk. Police do not yet know if the man was armed but the object in the bag had an outline resembling a gun, Mesa Sgt. Chuck Trapani said. He did not release more details or say what prompted the officer to shoot. Police did not release the name of the officer or the man killed. They did say his drivers license showed a Queen Creek address. The officer has been on the Mesa force less than a year, but was a police officer in Flagstaff for 10 years. "This will be handled just like a homicide investigation," Trapani said. "The witnesses and the officer were taken to the police station to be interviewed." This was Mesas first officer-involved shooting of 2005, he said. Contact Katie McDevitt by telephone at () -.