according to a police news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cHe called me saying, \u2018Dad, I\u2019m going to call [the police],\u2019\u201d Erich Meltvedt told The Times in an interview by phone. \u201cI have a knife and I need help, Dad. I thought they\u2019d come to help him, but they killed him instead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police received a call at 11:45 a.m. from Daniel Meltvedt directing them to the family\u2019s Turtle Rock neighborhood in Irvine.<\/p>\n
The fatal sequence took place after \u201cover an hour\u201d of negotiations between Daniel Meltvedt and the department\u2019s Crisis Negotiation Team failed to result in a \u201cpeaceful surrender,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n
Daniel Meltvedt was struck by gunfire as his father watched from a close distance. Life-saving measures were undertaken at the scene, but after being transported to a hospital, he was pronounced dead. <\/p>\n
Irvine police \u201chad seven guys there and you\u2019re telling me they can\u2019t take down one guy with a 5-inch blade,\u201d Erich Meltvedt said. \u201cThey have equipment, bulletproof vests and they still needed to shoot him?\u201d<\/p>\n
The incident is being investigated by Irvine police detectives and the Orange County district attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Erich Meltvedt said his son, who was an employee at a nearby Pavilions, loved surfing and bodybuilding. He had earned a driver\u2019s license, lived independently and rose to the level of a tae kwon do black belt.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody loved Daniel,\u201d Erich Meltvedt said. \u201cHe would flex and everybody would smile.\u201d<\/p>\n
Erich Meltvedt said he was shocked because Irvine police were familiar with Daniel and the family since they \u201chad been dealing with them for years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey told us that they would not shoot at all,\u201d Erich Meltvedt said.<\/p>\n
Erich Meltvedt said he arrived at the family\u2019s home shortly after his son called authorities. He said he tried to get near Daniel to \u201ccalm him,\u201d but the \u201cpolice wouldn\u2019t let me anywhere near him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel Meltvedt had grown irritated at work after being approached by a pair of co-workers who told him \u201che doesn\u2019t listen well,\u201d according to his father.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe slammed some products, some diapers, on the floor and was told, \u2018You have to go home,\u201d Erich Meltvedt said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe just needed help.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two decisions haunt an Orange County father in the 24 hours following the shooting death of his autistic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[115019,6577,6246,164033,1073,3830,164031,57214,48,52,51,47,50,49,2322,10105,236,164035,164032,68,164034],"class_list":["post-409250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-20-year-old-man","tag-authority","tag-department","tag-evening-breeze","tag-home","tag-intersection","tag-irvine-man","tag-knife","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-officer","tag-paramedic","tag-police","tag-silkwood","tag-sungate","tag-tuesday","tag-turtle-rock-neighborhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}