Boise Police Officer Shoots Man in The Head Who Was Running Away With a Gun in His Hand

* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Boise, Idaho — On June 24, 2023, at approximately 2:12 a.m., several Boise Police Officers were working in downtown Boise assigned to the Boise Police Department gang team. Members of the BPD Gang Team were investigating a suspect, Mario Adan Garza, who was a known parolee, and was suspected of trafficking narcotics. Police observed Garza with a handgun in his possession. Because he was on parole, Garza was prohibited from possessing firearms. Garza was observed with a white male adult whose identity was unknown at the time, but who was later identified as 22-year-old Payton Wasson. Both Garza and Wasson were dressed in gang attire recognizable to the team. Boise Police began to surveil Garza and Wasson at approximately 1:06 a.m. when they arrived downtown in a Black Kia Forte registered to Mario Garza. Garza and Wasson walked to the area of 6th and Main St. where they went into a bar called Dirty little Roddy&