DURHAM -- The man shot dead by Duke police outside Duke Hospital last weekend had tried to grab an officer's gun, the university said Wednesday.
Aaron Lorenzo Dorsey, 25, of Durham, died after being shot early Saturday morning.
Two Duke officers, Larry Carter and Jeffrey Liberto, had gone to the front of the hospital on Erwin Road after being called about a "suspicious person," according to a Duke news release.
Dorsey then attacked one officer and tried to grab his gun, the release said.
"After other options failed to stop the individual, the other officer discharged his firearm one time, fatally wounding Mr. Dorsey," it said.
The statement does not specify which officer was attacked and which fired the shot that killed Dorsey.
Duke said it could not elaborate while Duke Police and the State Bureau of Investigation are investigating.
The two officers have been put on paid administrative leave, said David Jarmul, a university spokesman.
Carter has been on the Duke police force for 23 years;Liberto, for two years.
Dorsey was not a university employee or student, a university spokeswoman said.
The incident temporarily restricted access to the hospital's main entrance Saturday morning. Patient care was not interrupted, officials said.
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