SAN DIEGO—
Police shot and killed a man who refused orders to drop a knife in a home in North Park Monday, officials said.An officer opened fire at 55-year-old Bradford Sarten in the home he shared with his 85-year-old mother in the 3400 block of Alabama Street shortly after 11 a.m. Sarten was taken by ambulance to a the trauma center at Scripps Mercy Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 11:35 a.m., authorities told reporters.
Officers went to the house after family members called asking for help with the Sartem, who was behaving in an aggressive and irrational manner, Lt. Kevin Rooney said.
When they arrived, the man was outside the home, but he went inside when he saw officers, police said. Two officers followed him inside. The next time they saw the man, he was holding a knife. He refused to drop the weapon when the officers told him to and told officers they would have to kill him, according to Rooney. One of the officers shot the man as he approached.
Police did not identify the officer who shot the man, but they said he had been placed on routine administrative leave pending an investigation.
