ESCONDIDO (KUSI) – An Escondido officer fatally shot a man who police say was holding a large metal object near an Escondido intersection this morning.
Shortly after 7 a.m., dispatchers received a call from a person reporting that a man was hitting cars with a metal pole near the intersection of Broadway and Second Avenue, east of Centre City Parkway, Escondido police Lt. Kevin Toth said.
The first officer on scene found a man holding “a large metal object,” Toth said. A short time later, one officer fired at least one shot at the man.
The suspect, whose age and name were not immediately available, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the lieutenant said.
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