Overview
- Irvine police say a man who called 911 saying he was armed and suicidal was shot by responding officers and later died at a hospital.
- Police say officers negotiated with the man and attempted de-escalation for more than an hour before the officer-involved shooting occurred.
- Investigators recovered the knife the man reportedly had, and aerial news video showed the weapon lying in the street near the scene.
- One Irvine officer sustained minor injuries, and the Orange County district attorney's office has arrived to conduct an independent review of the use of force.
- Authorities have not released the man's identity and investigators are probing what specifically prompted officers to fire while public-health officials remind people in crisis to call or text 988 for help.