Armed man who threatened to kill people fatally shot by officers in Richmond: police

RICHMOND, Calif. (KGO) -- A man was shot and killed by police officers in Richmond on Monday night. Officers say they got the call around 5 p.m. They tell ABC7 News they were called to an apartment after a report that a man inside had at least one knife and was threatening to kill people.

Here's Lt. Donald Patchin of the Richmond Police Department:

"Almost simultaneously they received an update from dispatch that the subject had armed himself with a second edged weapon, so at that point the officers walked up to the front door of the residence, almost immediately after announcing their presence they were confronted by an armed subject directly in front of the front door of the residence. They encountered that individual and unfortunately at that time two officers discharged their weapons and an officer involved shooting did occur."

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That man did not survive. Neighbors described seeing his body on the front porch after the shots were fired. It is unclear if the man who was killed lived there or if he was visiting family or friends. A cousin of that victim showed up and was upset, yelling at officers saying they didn't have to kill him. We talked with neighbors in the area who told us they heard at least seven or eight gunshots.

One neighbor was upset over what happened.

"So you don't think they had to shoot him?" said ABC7 News reporter J.R. Stone.

"No, no, not at all because if there was a knife, I mean police they can stay away. They can stay away and be back. To shoot him just like that there was a lot of shots like da da da da da," said Horacio Gonzalez Bera who lives nearby.

We did ask officers if they believe that second weapon could have been a gun. The Lt. told us there is nothing at this point to lead them to believe that he was armed with anything but a knife or sharp object.