Man Shot, Killed After Fighting With Officer
A Colton police officer shot and killed a man Monday after the two fought twice on city streets, authorities said.
The officer stopped the man, who was not identified, at the Valero Food Mart and Liquor store at Mill Street and Pennsylvania Avenue after determining that he had numerous active arrest warrants, said police spokesman Mark Owens.
Owens said the man had a “physical fight” with the officer, then broke away and ran.
Another altercation occurred in the 400 block of nearby Julie Street, and the officer fired his gun, killing the man, Owens said.
The officer was treated for scrapes and bruises before being released from Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the shooting.
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