Officer Involved Shooting

Incident Type: Officer Involved Shooting
Incident Date/Time: July 19, 2008 at 2309 hrs
Location: San Diego Central Bay
Case #: 08-4399
Prepared by: Lt. Franke

At approximately 2310, 07/19/08, a charter vessel cruising in San Diego Bay reported a "man overboard". The call for help was sent to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) via Marine VHF Channel 16 by the Captain of the excursion boat. Two Harbor Police boats and a USCG patrol vessel responded to the call for assistance.

A Harbor Police vessel found the suspect in the water about 500 feet south of the USCG Air Station. The suspect boarded the police boat and began fighting with the two-officer boat crew. One officer was knocked to the deck injured. The suspect took the officer's taser and struck him violently in the face with it. The suspect then tried to take the officer's duty firearm. As the suspect struggled to get control of the gun, the second officer shot the suspect one time in the torso stopping the assault.

The police boat went to a nearby dock at the Embarcadero and met paramedics. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The injured officer was transported to Sharp Hospital and admitted with face and leg injuries.

San Diego Police Department is conducting the shooting investigation with the assistance of the San Diego Harbor Police Department and the San Diego County District Attorney's Office.

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