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An armed man who was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon by Sterling Heights police has been identified as Nicolas Quaranta, 54, a city resident, according to the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting that took place at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at a condominium in the 44000 block of Apple Blossom Drive, near 19 Mile and Dequindre roads, police said.

Quaranta was described as “possibly suicidal” and appeared to be experiencing a mental health crisis, police said. Trained negotiators talked to the man, who had a handgun, for over an hour. Quaranta pointed the gun at the officers, who fired, police said.

Fire personnel who had been standing by treated the man, but he died from the gunshot wounds, po

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