SAN DIEGO — A man is dead following a shooting with San Diego Police on Monday night. Officers were called to a home on the 4500 block of Polk Avenue around 11 p.m. when they received a report that a man had shot a woman and he was still outside the home.
The San Diego Sheriff's Department said that several officers responded to the scene and found the woman with a minor wound to the forehead. The victim identified the suspect for police, but he had already fled the scene.
Around 11:30 p.m., officers located the suspect on the 4000 block of Wightman Street and tried to make contact with him, according to the SD Sheriff's Department. Police said the suspect ran while reaching into his waistband.
"The suspect ran while reaching in his waistband," Lt. Lucretia Jarjura with SD County Sheriff's Department said. "Officers told him to stop but he did not comply. He turned towards the officers while continuing to reach into his waistband."
Officers issued multiple warnings to the suspect, but the suspect's behavior prompted them to discharge their weapons. Multiple shots were fired by three officers and the suspect was injured.
Officers on the scene began rendering aid, provided CPR, and continued to do so until paramedics arrived. The suspect was transported to a local area hospital for treatment but was later pronounced dead, according to Lt. Jarjura.
The San Diego Police Department is investigating the original incident of the woman being shot by the suspect and the San Diego Sheriff's Department Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances around the shooting.
No officers were hurt by gunfire during this incident.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Unit at (858) 285-6330 or after hours at (858) 565-5200. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.