Authorities have publicly identified a man who was fatally shot by members of a San Diego County sheriff’s SWAT team last weekend when he allegedly opened fire on them at the end of a standoff near Carlton Oaks Country Club.
Michael Redding, 55, died at the scene early Sunday evening, according to the San Diego Police Department, which investigates uses of lethal force on the part of local sheriff’s personnel under terms of a countywide agreement designed to prevent conflicts of interest.
The events that led to the deadly encounter began shortly before noon that day, when the Sheriff’s Office received a report that Redding was armed with a handgun and threatening people at a home in the 9000 block of Willowgrove Avenue in Santee, SDPD Lt. Arturo Swadener said…