Support our coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. On Thursday afternoon, spokeswoman Kimberly Edds confirmed her office was reviewing four CMPD officer-involved shootings, including the three that have occurred this year. The Orange County district attorney’s office is currently investigating the Fairview Road incident. Bryan Wadkins told the Daily Pilot at the time of the occurrence. The driver was pronounced dead at the hospital, Costa Mesa Police Lt. No officers were injured during the incident, but the suspect and passenger who’d been hit were hospitalized. The suspect failed to respond to officers’ commands for him to stop the vehicle, resulting in the shooting, police officials reported in a release later that day. While they attempted to communicate with the driver, he reportedly drove in reverse and struck one of the passengers outside the vehicle. Officers removed two passengers from the vehicle and detained them. 19, after officers on patrol made contact with three people parked in a vehicle on the 1500 block of South Coast Drive at around 10:30 a.m. The shooting occurred nearby, at a location on Enterprise Street, police reported at the time of the incident.Īnother officer-involved shooting took place Feb. regarding an individual causing some kind of trouble near a residence on the 600 block of Baker Street. That suspect had been the subject of a call made to CMPD at 5:10 a.m. 31, when at least one officer fired on a man who allegedly brandished a knife and charged at officers when they attempted to interview him. This is the third officer-involved shooting reported by the Costa Mesa Police Department since Jan. A knife was recovered from the scene, according to the release. 1 Show this thread Costa Mesa Police CostaMesaPD May 7 For OCMarathon this morning until about 2pm, please expect traffic congestion on Fair Drive and streets surrounding the Fairgrounds, the Adams Avenue and Placentia Avenue intersection, and Harbor Boulevard as well as Fairview Road both at Merrymac Way. No other parties were involved, and no officers were reported injured during the incident. The department confirmed Thursday afternoon the suspect was expected to survive. The victim had sustained stab wounds and was reported in stable condition. and was allegedly assaulting a cashier with a knife when officers arrived on scene.Įxactly how many officers may have discharged their weapons, or how many shots were fired at the suspect, was not being reported by officials later Thursday morning.īoth the victim and the suspect were treated for their injuries by officers and members of Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue and then transported to nearby hospitals, the release stated. Police say the man, whose identity is not being released at this time, entered a business on the 2200 block of Fairview Road sometime before 4:45 a.m. An attempt by Costa Mesa Police Department officers to thwart a commercial robbery involving a suspect armed with a knife early Thursday resulted in an officer-involved shooting - the third such incident to be reported by the department in 40 days.Ī male suspect was reportedly receiving medical treatment at an undisclosed location Thursday, according to a release issued by the department hours after the incident occurred.
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