FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A suspect is dead after Fresno police say he shot himself with an officer's gun at Community Regional Medical Center on Monday.

Many online questioned how that could be possible, so we had law enforcement expert Bruce Thomas to weigh in.

"It's not easy to take a weapon from a gun holster with the officer right there," Thomas stated.

Police Chief Mindy Casto said the incident began at a police station as officers were investigating him for retail theft and impersonating an officer.

"He began to immediately resist them up at the northwest station," Chief Casto explained on Monday. "They ended up getting in a little bit of a drug out altercation. He was tased four times while he attempted to arm himself."

Officers found the 32-year-old man had brought a gun to t

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