Crime & Safety
Police Shoot Armed Man Near Elementary School In San Diego: Authorities
The man was sitting on the school campus with a gun beside him and a knife in his hand, according to police, who said he died at the scene.
SAN DIEGO, CA — Police shot an armed man, who died, near an elementary school early Tuesday in San Diego, authorities said.
Officers responded around 6:45 a.m. to a report of a man sitting on the Fay Elementary School campus with a gun beside him and a knife in his hand, according to San Diego Police Department Lt. Travis Easter.
The officers made contact with the man about a block from the school, in the 5100 block of Orange Avenue, and tried to de-escalate the situation, but were unsuccessful, Easter said in a press briefing posted on the department’s Instagram page.
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“It ultimately resulted in a shooting,” Easter said, adding that no officers were hurt and the man died at the scene.
Fay was placed on lockdown, FOX 5/KUSI reported, adding officers used a beanbag gun as well as a police dog on the man before opening fire.
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The shooting is being investigated by the California Department of Justice, according to Easter.
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