Overview
- Officers responded to a disturbance near El Cajon Boulevard and Oregon Street and pursued a suspect who was breaking vehicle windows with a metal rod.
- Police say the suspect carried a torch and flammable liquid into the Adult Emporium and burned an SDPD K-9 on the neck.
- After bean-bag rounds failed to stop the suspect, officers fired their weapons, the man was shot, taken to a hospital and later died.
- Three SDPD officers suffered minor hand burns and were treated at a hospital, and the injured K-9 was rushed to an emergency veterinary hospital and released about three hours later.
- The San Diego County Sheriff's Office is conducting the officer-involved shooting investigation under the county memorandum of understanding and road closures remain while investigators collect evidence.