Police Shooting Leaves Man Dead In Riverside

RIVERSIDE, CA — A man allegedly armed with a knife was fatally shot by Riverside police, and an investigation was continuing Monday.

The shooting was reported around 9:30 p.m. Sunday in the area of University and Douglas avenues, according to the Riverside Police Department.

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According to police, an officer broadcasted that a man in his 50s had thrown a rock at his patrol vehicle and was armed with a knife. During the ensuing encounter, the officer shot the man, police said. A second officer arrived at the scene as the shooting was unfolding, police said.

Crews from the Riverside Fire Department took the man, whose name was not revealed, to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The exact circumstances that precipitated the officer to open fire were not immediately clear.