{"id":421161,"date":"2026-08-01T22:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T22:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421161\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T22:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T22:09:34","slug":"bodycam-video-shows-san-diego-police-shooting-of-man-who-set-apartment-on-fire-charged-officers-with-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421161\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodycam video shows San Diego Police shooting of man who set apartment on fire, charged officers with knife"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO \u2014 The San Diego Police Department released body camera video<\/a> showing a response that culminated in an officer-involved shooting of a man who barricaded himself in an apartment and set it on fire before charging officers with a knife. <\/p>\n

The June 23 incident began when a 911 caller reported that a person had been assaulted in an apartment complex. The caller, an apartment manager, reported that a woman was attacked by her son. <\/p>\n

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The caller then put the victim on the phone. She stated that her son was experiencing a mental health crisis and had armed himself with a knife and a baseball bat before barricading himself in her apartment. <\/p>\n

The victim also stated that the suspect warned her not to call police or he would harm her, himself and police officers. <\/p>\n

Officers responded to the scene and contacted the victim. They then repeatedly attempted to contact the suspect by phone from outside the apartment. <\/p>\n

After the suspect did not answer phone calls, officers issued commands for the suspect to come outside the apartment. <\/p>\n

At that time, the suspect began throwing objects from the apartment window at cruisers. One cruiser\u2019s rear-view mirror was broken in the incident, while the windshield on another was smashed. <\/p>\n

Officers then witnessed smoke coming from inside the apartment. As several officers went door-to-door to begin evacuating residents, others began efforts to breach the apartment door, which had been blocked shut from the inside. <\/p>\n

As officers pried the door open, they continued issuing commands for the suspect to exit the home. A K-9 was sent into the apartment, but could not locate the suspect as he was behind a closed door. Officers then requested firefighters as the smoke thickened. <\/p>\n

Officers protected firefighters as they extinguished the flames. They remained unable to locate the suspect due to the heavy smoke. <\/p>\n

Drone footage shows officers entering the building after some smoke cleared and locating the door behind which the suspect was hiding. <\/p>\n

The video shows officers breaching the door with a sledgehammer, at which time the suspect immediately swung a knife out of the doorway as he emerged. <\/p>\n

Officers then fired shots as the man moved toward them with the knife blade. <\/p>\n

The officers on scene immediately rendered medical aid to the suspect. He was transported to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. <\/p>\n

The victim as well as two officers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the scene. <\/p>\n

The incident remains under investigation. <\/p>\n

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