SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Authorities on Thursday publicly identified a man who was fatally shot by San Diego Police Department snipers in Miramar Ranch North last week after allegedly threatening construction workers and a pest-control employee with a pistol and then pointing the weapon at officers.
Two SWAT team members opened fire on 59-year-old Eric Kulakow during a standoff in the area of Angelique Street and Cypress Canyon Road shortly after 1 p.m. on March 25, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, which investigates shootings on the part of SDPD personnel under terms of a countywide agreement designed to prevent conflicts of interest.
The events that led to the law enforcement gunfire began shortly after noon that day, when police got a report of a man pointing a handgun at a construction crew in the neighborhood just east of Interstate 15 and south of Scripps Poway Parkway…