IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. — Authorities Friday identified the sheriff’s deputy and knife-wielding suspect he fatally shot in Imperial Beach.
Deputy Maxwell Hammond, who has worked for three years with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office and is assigned to the Imperial Beach Substation, was identified as the deputy involved. Gary Gates of Evansville, Indiana, 51, was identified as the suspect in Sunday’s shooting, according to the San Diego Police Department.
“At about 1:38 p.m., two San Diego County sheriff’s deputies and a sergeant were contacted by Gates near the Imperial Beach Pier,” said SDPD PIO Cesar Jimenez. “During the contact, Gates stepped away from the deputies and produced a knife, making statements consistent with wanting to be shot by the deputies, then advanced toward them holding the knife in his hand.”…