Deadly San Diego police shooting closes Friars Road in Morena area – NBC 7 San Diego

Deadly San Diego police shooting closes Friars Road in Morena area  NBC 7 San Diego

A man armed with an axe was shot and killed by a San Diego police officer after allegedly approaching the officer following a trolley vandalism report. Officers closed both directions of Friars Road between Sea World Drive and Napa Street in Morena for an investigation. NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports. A man armed with an axe was shot and killed by a San Diego police officer after allegedly approaching the officer following a trolley vandalism report, police said Thursday. San Diego Police Department officers were dispatched at approximately 3:20 p.m. Wednesday regarding an adult male using an axe to vandalize a trolley to the Morena/Linda Vista Trolley platform, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.

Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. Officers, along with the San Diego Air Support Unit, arrived and began searching the area for the suspect. At about 3:35 p.m., an officer located a man matching the reported description in the 4700 block of Friars Road. "The subject had an axe with him in his hand and approached the officer," San Diego County Sheriff's Office Homicide Lt. Juan Marquez said. This lead to a deadly police shooting in which one officer fired multiple rounds, striking the suspect. Video from the scene showed a person laying in the street on