Police fatally shot a person who was armed with a noticed inside a House Depot in Fontana on Monday night time, authorities stated.
Officers had been dispatched to the intersection of Sierra and Santa Ana avenues shortly after 6 p.m. after a motorist reported {that a} man tried to leap in entrance of her automobile. The motorist instructed the 911 operator that it appeared the person was “making an attempt to get run over,” stated Sgt. Nathan Weiske, a spokesperson for the Fontana Police Division.
When officers acquired to the intersection they couldn’t instantly discover the person. They found he was inside a close-by House Depot retailer within the 16700 block of Santa Ana and went in to attempt to speak to him. However after they approached him, he grabbed a package deal containing a jab noticed off a shelf and opened it, Weiske stated. Authorities haven’t publicly launched the person’s id.
“It’s a sharp-edged weapon able to inflicting nice bodily damage or loss of life to the civilians who had been inside the shop on the time and the officers,” he stated.
Weiske stated officers tried to get the person to drop the noticed however he refused. Officers used a Taser on him, however the man held on to the weapon. Shortly earlier than 6:20 p.m., not less than one officer opened hearth, Weiske stated.
Officers rendered medical help, however the man was pronounced useless on the scene. It’s not clear what occurred instantly previous to the taking pictures.
A supervisor on the House Depot retailer declined to touch upon the scenario when reached by cellphone Tuesday.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division is investigating the taking pictures and the Fontana Police Division has launched an inner investigation into using power, which is regular process authorities stated.
