Aug 7, 2011

Man shot, killed by officers on Coronado bridge

"SAN DIEGO — A 54-year-old man who was threatening to commit suicide by jumping off the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge was shot and killed Sunday morning by California Highway Patrol officers after he motioned as if to remove a gun from his pocket, San Diego police said.

At 1:29 a.m., San Diego police officers and CHP officers responded to reports of a man standing in westbound traffic lanes of the bridge, homicide Lt. Ernie Herbert said. As the officers negotiated with the man, he told them he had a gun and threatened to shoot them if they tried to stop him, Herbert said."

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/07/man-shot-killed-officers-coronado-bridge/

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