Overview
- Police investigating a welfare check at the San Leandro Marina on Thursday say an encounter with a distressed man ended in a fatal shooting.
- Officers first went to the man’s home on Santiago Road, then found him sitting in a car near the marina boat launch and spoke with him for several minutes.
- According to police, the man produced a firearm and pointed it at officers, which prompted them to open fire.
- Medics treated the man at the scene and pronounced him dead, and police say they recovered a firearm there.
- Three officers were involved with no reported injuries, they were placed on leave per policy, and parallel investigations by SLPD and the Alameda County District Attorney are underway with a review by the city’s independent police auditor and limited public updates.