On Saturday afternoon, La Mesa Police got a report about a man wielding a knife, almost striking an 11-year-old child in an apartment off Comanche drive in La Mesa.
According to La Mesa PD, when officers arrived on scene, 34-year-old Peter DePrince allegedly made “veiled threats” towards officers about shooting them from the balcony.
The child and another adult female were able to leave the apartment, and police evacuated surrounding apartments. The adult female and child said they had seen DePrince arming himself when they left the apartment…