Crime & Safety
Butcher Knife-wielding Man Shot, Killed By Police Identified
The Redwood City man in crisis was transported to Stanford Medical Center where he died later, following the officer-involved shooting.
REDWOOD CITY, CA -- A suicidal man who was shot and wounded by Redwood City police
after charging at officers with a butcher knife Monday morning has been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner's Office.
The man, identified as 33-year-old Kyle Hart of Redwood City, was transported to Stanford University Hospital where he died of his injuries at 9:37 a.m. Monday, coroner's officials said. Officers responded at 8:47 a.m. Monday to a 911 call in the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue from a woman who said that her husband was trying to kill himself by cutting his throat and wrists, according to police.
Two officers arrived to find the woman in the front yard of the home covered in blood and she directed them to the backyard, but along the side yard they encountered the 33-year-old man with the knife, police said. The two officers attempted to get the man to drop the knife but he refused and ran at the officers. One used a Taser stun gun to try to immobilize him but it did not work so the other officer, a 20-year veteran of the department, shot him with his firearm, police said.
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The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office is investigating the shooting and is asking anyone with information about it to call 650-363-4636.
--Bay City News/Image via Renee Schiavone, Patch
