One person died late Thursday night in a police shooting at a Pittsburg apartment complex, police confirmed Friday morning.
The shooting occurred at about 9:20 p.m. Thursday at the Stoneman Apartment Complex on Loveridge Road, not far from Highway 4.
Officers responded to a report of a man holding a gun and banging on the front door of an apartment, police said. When they arrived, they contacted the man on a stairway leading to a second-floor apartment. Officers asked the man to walk down the stairs and speak with them, but he ignored their commands and began walking back up the stairs.
As the man reached the top of the stairs, officers saw he was holding a handgun in his right hand. Officers told the man to drop the gun, and instead, he turned towards the officers and pointed the weapon at them, prompting the officers to shoot him, police said.
The 31-year-old man died at the scene, police said.
Pittsburg police, sheriff’s deputies and a crime scene team were still at the scene collecting evidence Friday morning. Police said they would be releasing bodycam footage and the officers’ names, in line with department policy.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the shooting.
Source: NBC Bay Area
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