San Diego police released body camera footage of the fatal shooting of Andrew Christian Engel, a 26-year-old man who charged at officers with a knife in his high-rise apartment. Engel had been reported by his roommate as suicidal and armed with a knife. Officers attempted to de-escalate the situation but Engel suddenly attacked, leading to the officers opening fire.
SAN DIEGO - Authorities Monday released a video of a police shooting that killed an apparently suicidal knife-wielding man who charged officers in his high-rise East Village residence.The incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Jan. 13, when a resident of an apartment complex in the 1100 block of E Street made an emergency call to report that his roommate was suicidal, according to the San Diego Police Department.
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