Dad accused of threatening juvenile son dies in police shooting, CA cops say
Police fatally shot a father accused of threatening to kill his son, California officials said.
Officers “pleaded” with the father to drop his knife and tried “several de-escalation methods,” including a Taser and bean bag rounds, the San Bernardino Police Department said in an April 7 news release.
But the man, whose name wasn’t released, “continued to ignore commands and actively resisted all de-escalation measures. He then swung the knife and began running back toward the residence, at which point an officer-involved shooting occurred,” police said.
The father was taken to a hospital, where he later was pronounced dead, according to police.
The shooting happened April 5 after a relative called police and reported that the father was threatening the son, police said. The son’s age wasn’t released, but he was described by police as a “juvenile.”
The police dispatch center also got calls “from uninvolved citizens reporting that an adult male was armed with a knife and chasing a juvenile in the street,” according to police.
San Bernardino is about a 65-mile drive east from Los Angeles.
This story was originally published April 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM with the headline "Dad accused of threatening juvenile son dies in police shooting, CA cops say."
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