A man who was threatening his roommates with a metal bar was shot by San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) deputies Wednesday night in Spring Valley, according to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD).
Shortly before 7:30 p.m., SDSO received a report of a man threatening to kill his roommate with a bed frame at a home on the 3600 block of South Barcelona Street. There, sheriff's deputies evacuated the home of three residents while the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team negotiators attempted to speak with the man.
After confirming the man brandished the bed frame at two of his roommates and threatened to kill everyone in the home, sheriff's deputies decided to arrest him and found the man in a bathroom. Still armed with the metal bed frame, the man pointed it at law enforcement officials and refused to comply, according to SDPD.
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Sheriff's deputies then deployed a Taser at the man, with no effect, causing the suspect to charge at officials with the bed frame held over his head, police said. One of the deputies opened fire on the man, striking him at least once.
The man was treated at the scene before he was taken to an area hospital. SDPD described him as being in "stable but serious condition." No sheriff's deputies were injured during the confrontation.
Law enforcement officials have not publicly named the man, but described him as being 45-years-old. The deputy who shot him is assigned as a patrol deputy at the Rancho San Diego substation and has been with the department for under two years, according to police.
SDPD's Homicide Unit is investigating the shooting, as it now does whenever a deputy fires their service weapon.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on the case is urged to contact SDPD's Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293.
