Authorities have identified a Lower Saucon Township man who was fatally shot last week by police.
Andrew Krasnansky, 37, was shot by police during an incident Wednesday that happened in the 2400 block of Applebutter Road, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said Tuesday in a news release. His cause of death was gunshot wounds, and the manner is still under investigation, Buglio said.
Krasnansky was fatally shot after he discharged a gun that morning, state police have said.
Lower Saucon police officers were called to the area for a welfare check on a man who had discharged a gun, according to a news release from state police, which is the lead investigator in the incident.
He discharged his firearm, and a Lower Saucon officer returned fire, but no one was hit, the release states. A state police special emergency response team then arrived and surrounded the home. One of the SERT team members “engaged” Krasnansky and shot him outside the home.
Krasnansky was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill, where he died from his injuries. The incident prompted a shelter-in-place order for residents in the area, and Applebutter Road was closed for several hours while police responded.