SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A person believed to be armed in the Stockton neighborhood was shot by San Diego Police officers and later died at an area hospital.
San Diego Police confirmed that officers were dispatched to an area near 31st and K streets due to reports of a person in a blue Ford Fusion possibly armed with a weapon.
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Police located the vehicle with the suspect and a female in the passenger seat. They were able to safely remove the passenger.
SDPD said that they negotiated with the suspect for 40 minutes before he pointed what was believed to be a revolver at an officer. That is when five SDPD officers and one sergeant shot multiple rounds at the subject.
The man was taken to the hospital but died after arrival. No officers were injured.
The police activity prompted people inside nearby Bethel AME Church to lock themselves down inside, a church official told ABC 10News.
The 10News crew on the scene got a glimpse inside the church and noticed several bullet holes in some of the stained glass. That part of the building faces 31st Street.
Later, inside the vehicle, Sheriff's Homicide detectives found a B.B. gun as the weapon that resembled a revolver.
The motivation and circumstances of the shooting are still under investigation, according to SDPD. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Unit at (858) 285-6330/after hours at (858) 868-3200.
