The man who died during an encounter with Chandler police in Tempe last week took his own life, authorities announced Monday.
Officers shot at 40-year-old Christoffer Vink after seeing him pull out a gun on Friday night, but the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that his death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot, according to the Mesa Police Department.
Mesa PD is handling the investigation as part of the East Valley Critical Incident Response Team protocol…