Santa Monica police fatally shoot knife-wielding suspect in Palisades Park
Officers were taking a domestic violence report when a man who had no connection to that call came at them with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, Santa Monica Police Chief Darrick Jacob said. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A man in his mid-40s died Saturday after a Santa Monica police officer shot him in Palisades Park, a stretch of bluff above the beach that draws tourists year-round. Officers were interviewing witnesses on a domestic violence call when a man who was not connected to that call charged at them with a knife, Police Chief Darrick Jacob said at an afternoon briefing outside department headquarters. The man's name has not been released. Investigators have not said what led him to approach the officers.
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Officers were taking a domestic violence report when a man who had no connection to that call came at them with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, Santa Monica Police Chief Darrick Jacob said. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A man in his mid-40s died Saturday after a Santa Monica police officer shot him in Palisades Park, a stretch of bluff above the beach that draws tourists year-round. Officers were interviewing witnesses on a domestic violence call when a man who was not connected to that call charged at them with a knife, Police Chief Darrick Jacob said at an afternoon briefing outside department headquarters. The man's name has not been released. Investigators have not said what led him to approach the officers.
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Officers were taking a domestic violence report when a man who had no connection to that call came at them with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, Santa Monica Police Chief Darrick Jacob said. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A man in his mid-40s died Saturday after a Santa Monica police officer shot him in Palisades Park, a stretch of bluff above the beach that draws tourists year-round. Officers were interviewing witnesses on a domestic violence call when a man who was not connected to that call charged at them with a knife, Police Chief Darrick Jacob said at an afternoon briefing outside department headquarters. The man's name has not been released. Investigators have not said what led him to approach the officers.
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Officers were taking a domestic violence report when a man who had no connection to that call came at them with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, Santa Monica Police Chief Darrick Jacob said. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A man in his mid-40s died Saturday after a Santa Monica police officer shot him in Palisades Park, a stretch of bluff above the beach that draws tourists year-round. Officers were interviewing witnesses on a domestic violence call when a man who was not connected to that call charged at them with a knife, Police Chief Darrick Jacob said at an afternoon briefing outside department headquarters. The man's name has not been released. Investigators have not said what led him to approach the officers.
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Officers were taking a domestic violence report when a man who had no connection to that call came at them with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, Santa Monica Police Chief Darrick Jacob said. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A man in his mid-40s died Saturday after a Santa Monica police officer shot him in Palisades Park, a stretch of bluff above the beach that draws tourists year-round. Officers were interviewing witnesses on a domestic violence call when a man who was not connected to that call charged at them with a knife, Police Chief Darrick Jacob said at an afternoon briefing outside department headquarters. The man's name has not been released. Investigators have not said what led him to approach the officers.
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Officers were taking a domestic violence report when a man who had no connection to that call came at them with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, Santa Monica Police Chief Darrick Jacob said. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A man in his mid-40s died Saturday after a Santa Monica police officer shot him in Palisades Park, a stretch of bluff above the beach that draws tourists year-round. Officers were interviewing witnesses on a domestic violence call when a man who was not connected to that call charged at them with a knife, Police Chief Darrick Jacob said at an afternoon briefing outside department headquarters. The man's name has not been released. Investigators have not said what led him to approach the officers.