CALIFORNIA: Thief Takes Homeless Guy Hostage - Dies

HIGHTECHDUDE · #1 ● 05-30-2024, 03:59 AM

Dude gave up his life for a soda and bag of chips...

SAN DIEGO, (May 20, 2024) — Around 10:40 a.m., San Diego police received a report of a robbery and assault with a deadly weapon in the 1000 block of Morena Blvd.

According to the victim, a man in his 20s entered a store and picked out some merchandise, then asked the victim if they accepted credit cards. The victim answered that they did and went behind the counter to ring up the sale when the suspect started walking out of the store without making an attempt to pay for the merchandise.

The victim attempted to stop the suspect from leaving when the suspect pulled out a knife and threatened the victim. The suspect then fled the scene. San Diego police officers arrived on the scene and obtained a physical description of the suspect and broadcast that to officers in the surrounding areas.

Officers later spotted the suspect near 5300 Napa St. and tried to detain him. In helicopter video of SDPD's initial encounter with the suspect, he appeared to have two knives on him and was noncooperative with officers' commands.

In the body-camera video, officers can be heard yelling to the suspect to "Drop the gun" and then later "Drop the knife."

The suspect then started walking backward. SDPD officers deployed a taser, which appeared to have no effect on the suspect or may have even missed, from what can be seen in the video. The man ran across roads as officers followed him to a transient encampment in the 5300 block of Friars Road.

Helicopter then shows the suspect take another man hostage while holding a knife to his neck. He eventually takes down what police describe as a hostage as the victim's two dogs attack the suspect, the video showed. He then appears to stab the victim with the object.

Three officers fired at the suspect, hitting him at least one time. At the time, three officers were on scene.

Officers immediately began life-saving measures on the suspect until paramedics arrived, but the suspect died at the scene.

The victim of the knife assault was not injured in the incident.

mothmon · #2 ● 05-30-2024, 10:20 AM

Good one

We don't get many choppercam videos of "critical incidents" these days. I love to see how weak they get when the lead destroys the vitals and the perp still tries to stab or punch the victim. It's like a little baby is trying to stab with the knife as their bodies nearly instantly shut down, barely breaking the skin

Glad to see the hostage and the doggies were unharmed. It could have ended tragically with all that crossfire.