A San Diego police officer fatally shot a man who approached officers with a knife in the Bird Rock area of La Jolla, causing road closures for several hours following the altercation on Saturday morning.
The San Diego Police Department received multiple calls around 7 a.m. about a knife-wielding man causing a disturbance in the street at the 5400 block of La Jolla Boulevard, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
When officers arrived, they found a man in his 20s next to a vehicle that was stopped in the road. Officers began approaching the man, who walked toward them with the knife. Officers drew their weapons and commanded the man drop his knife, the department said.
An officer shot the man, according to the department. Officers immediately provided medical aid and paramedics took him to a hospital, where he later died. No officers were injured.
Via NBC San Diego