{"id":417686,"date":"2026-07-30T06:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417686\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T06:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:46:20","slug":"sdpd-releases-body-camera-footage-of-deadly-downtown-officer-involved-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417686\/","title":{"rendered":"SDPD releases body camera footage of deadly downtown officer-involved shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 San Diego Police have released body camera footage following a deadly officer-involved shooting downtown in June.<\/p>\n

According to police, officers were called to the complex on the 1600 block of 6th Avenue just after 1 p.m. on June 23 after receiving a call from the manager of the building regarding an assault.<\/p>\n

Police said the manager put the victim on the phone, who said her 32-year-old son, identified as Josue White, was experiencing a mental health crisis, was armed with a knife and baseball bat, and had barricaded himself inside the apartment.<\/p>\n

After arriving at the apartment, officers attempted to contact White but were unable to establish communication, police said. During the standoff, White reportedly threw household items from the fourth-floor apartment, striking one officer in the face.<\/p>\n

RELATED: San Diego PD officers shoot, kill barricaded suspect after he lit his downtown apartment on fire<\/a><\/p>\n

Around 2:05, officers saw heavy smoke coming from the apartment, prompting calls to firefighters.<\/p>\n

San Diego firefighters arrived and began extinguishing the flames as officers provided security. White remained hidden behind closed doors, police said. Due to heavy smoke, police exited the apartment.<\/p>\n

After re-entering the apartment, officers breached the closed door. “White immediately emerged, advancing toward officers while making stabbing motions with a large knife.”<\/p>\n

Police said three officers discharged their weapons, striking White. White was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The victim was treated for minor injuries, police said. Two officers were treated at the scene for minor injuries. <\/p>\n

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office is conducting the investigation.<\/p>\n

Watch the body camera footage in the player below:<\/p>\n

WARNING: The video below contains graphic content; viewer discretion is advised. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 San Diego Police have released body camera footage following a deadly officer-involved shooting downtown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-417686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417686","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=417686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}