A man armed with a knife and accused of restraining his mother died after a police officer shot him Wednesday night, Jan. 1, in Santa Ana, authorities said.
Officers responded at 8:42 p.m. to the 1100 block of West Sharon Road, east of Bristol Street and south of Memory Lane, after a report that a man was restraining a woman in the driveway of a home, according to the Santa Ana Police Department.
Police arrived using emergency lights and sirens when they found the 55-year-old Anaheim man holding his 79-year-old mother from behind and refusing to let her go. The man had a knife, police said.
An officer shot the man once. He was taken to a hospital and died hours later, said Officer Natalie Garcia, a spokesperson for the police department. Authorities have not yet released the man’s name.
The Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division, homicide detectives and investigators from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the police shooting.
Police ask anyone with information to call homicide detectives at 714-245-8390 or leave an anonymous tip at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.
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