SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento Police officer killed a man with a large knife in a Natomas Bel Air on Sunday morning.
Officers responded to a car crash into a building at around 6:30 a.m. in the area. Sacramento Police said in a press release that the man involved in the crash had a knife and was "acting erratically inside" the Bel Air. The Sacramento Police Department's Public Information Officer Sabrina Briggs said that when officers arrived, they found out there was a man with a large knife inside the Bel Air.
Customers and employees were evacuated from the store. Officers initially tried to use non-lethal methods to calm down the man, but the tactics were not working. According to the press release, the man was seen "severely wounding himself."
Sacramento Police says the man charged toward officers while they were trying to negotiate with him. A Sacramento Police officer and CHP officer shot the suspect inside the Bel Air, according to Sacramento Police. He was declared dead at the scene.
The police department said on Twitter that the shooting happened in the 3200 block of Arena Blvd. at a Bel Air in Natomas. The department said that no officers were injured in the shooting. It's unknown if the man injured anyone with the knife, other than himself, before he was shot.
"We know that when our officers arrived, employees and customers were being evacuated," Officer Briggs said.
Terran Lindo, who works next door to shooting at Edible Arrangements, drove in to work and saw the large police presence.
"I didn’t expect it," Lindo said. "It was kind of scary because I didn’t know what was going on. I was iffy about going to work."
Sacramento Police officers have controlled the scene. This is an ongoing investigation.
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