The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Friday is investigating a shooting of an armed suspect by a San Diego Police Department officer during a confrontation in San Diego.
A witness notified the San Diego Police Dispatch at 4:20 p.m. Thursday about a man who was allegedly causing a disturbance and waving an axe inside the Pacific Beach/Taylor Library, according to the sheriff’s department. Deputies said the suspect vandalized property inside the library and waved the weapon at people before leaving the library.
San Diego Police Department officers arrived and encountered a man matching the suspect’s description holding a weapon resembling an axe on the 4300 block of Dawes Street. Several officers ordered the suspect to drop the weapon, but he failed to comply and an officer shot the suspect multiple times, authorities said…