Fatal Cortez Hill Standoff and a County's Multi-Layered Use-of-Force Review
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A fatal officer-involved shooting in San Diego's Cortez Hill neighborhood on Tuesday unfolded over the course of a sustained, escalating crisis. At approximately 1 p.m., San Diego police responded to the 1600 block of Sixth Avenue after a man threatened to kill his mother with a knife; she escaped with minor injuries. The man then barricaded himself inside the apartment, ignited a fire that forced evacuation of the entire building, and hurled household items from a window, striking and damaging parked police vehicles during an hour-long standoff.
When officers forced entry, a shooting occurred. The man was transported to a hospital and later died; no officers were injured. Under a countywide memorandum of understanding designed to ensure independent review, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit is conducting the investigation, with the case to be forwarded to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office for a criminal liability determination. Anyone with information may contact the Sheriff's Homicide Unit at (858) 285-6330 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
Elsewhere in the county's public safety picture, the Clairemont drive-by shooting from Monday still has no arrests. Four juvenile suspects reportedly fired multiple shots at a teenager in Clairemont Mesa West, wounding him in the left leg, before fleeing south on Genesee Avenue in a dark-gray Lexus LS 460. The Larry Millete murder trial — now in its sixth week at the South Bay courthouse — continued with testimony from Maya Millete's affair partner this week; with 152 witnesses on the prosecution's list, proceedings are expected to extend into July. The FBI investigation into the May 18th Islamic Center shooting, which killed Amin Abdullah, Nader Awad, and Mansour Kaziha, continues with no new charges or indictments confirmed in the past 48 hours.