Overview
- Dispatchers received five 911 calls reporting a man acting erratically and threatening to shoot callers and their dogs in the Arbors neighborhood.
- Officers located the man near Poinsettia Street and Bluebell Way, and released video shows him kneeling and pointing an object as an officer issued commands.
- The officer fired a single rifle round, officers performed first aid and CPR, and SLO City Fire pronounced the man dead at 5:06 p.m.
- Police identified the deceased as Willie Felton Foster Jr., 69, and said the recovered weapon was determined to be a fake firearm.
- The involved officer is on administrative leave per department policy, and the California Department of Justice is conducting an active investigation as SLOPD posts the graphic video for public viewing.