Less than a week after Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe was hired to be the top cop in Charlotte, N.C., his new department had another fatal shooting of a suspect.

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer shot and killed a man on a quiet residential street a mile north of uptown yesterday, the third time in seven months a suspect has died during a confrontation with police in North Carolina's largest city.

The Charlotte Observer today identified the dead man as 21-year-old Aaron Quentin Winchester.

Police say Officer David Jester fired four shots at Winchester after the suspect ran, reached in his back pocket, then turned with a gun in his hand. Winchester was hit twice in the back. No shots were fired at the officer.

Officials said the shooting occurred after officers responded to a call that a man had assaulted a woman in a car, and that the car had crashed into a pole.

Jester, a 13-year-veteran, is a member of the department's SWAT team. As part of police policy, he will be placed on administrative leave while the department investigates.

Monroe is to take over the leadership of the Charlotte force next month.