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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral successful captious information aft an hours-long standoff led to constabulary officers shooting astatine him Saturday evening, the Fresno Police Department announced.
According to police, soon earlier 2 p.m. they responded to a 911 telephone successful the Ashlan Avenue and Blythe Avenue aft a pistillate reported her fellow had strangled her.
Officers arrived aft the pistillate escaped the flat with her baby. Officers accidental they attempted to marque interaction with the suspect, who had blocked himself wrong the unit. After assorted attempts to get him to travel out, officers breached the door.
Police accidental the antheral brandished knives astatine the officers, forcing them to reposition themselves until the SWAT squad could arrive.
Following hours of negotiations, arsenic officers acceptable a perimeter astir the location, constabulary accidental the fishy charged down the stairs equipped with 2 knives toward officers. Police unleashed "less lethal" ammunition earlier utilizing lethal force, inflicting superior injuries connected the suspect.
Officers connected country reported instantly rendering aesculapian assistance earlier the fishy was transported to a section infirmary successful captious condition.
Police accidental the fishy successful this lawsuit was already connected parole for home unit and volition present look further charges related to strangulation.
The identities of those progressive person not been officially released.
