Overview
- The incident began when officers responded to a report that a man had threatened his mother with a knife and then barricaded himself inside a downtown apartment building.
- The suspect allegedly set the fourth-floor unit on fire, producing visible smoke that led San Diego Fire-Rescue crews to evacuate residents from the building.
- Officers, including SWAT, forced entry into the apartment and police fired at the suspect, after which emergency responders performed CPR on the man.
- No officers were reported hurt and the suspect was taken to a hospital with gunshot injuries of undisclosed severity, according to local officials.
- The San Diego Sheriff’s Office is conducting the investigation under the county agreement for officer-involved shootings and officials have not yet released full details about whether the suspect was struck.