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Police kill man with knife in Sacramento grocery store

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Police kill man with knife in Sacramento grocery store

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police on Sunday fatally shot a man who was threatening them with a knife in a California grocery store, authorities said.

Two officers shot the man around 7 a.m. Sunday in a Sacramento grocery store, the Sacramento Police Department said in a statement. One officer works for the Sacramento police and the other is with the California Highway Patrol.

The man’s name wasn’t released Sunday because his family hasn’t yet been notified.

An officer responded to a report of a vehicle crashing into a building when multiple calls reported that a man involved in the collision had entered the store and was armed with a large knife and acting erratically, Sacramento police said. The man was “severely wounding himself” with the knife while the Sacramento officer attempted to negotiate with him for more than 20 minutes, according to police.

Police said the man charged toward the officers, and they attempted to stop him with “less lethal” tactics but failed before they shot and killed him.

Meanwhile, other officers evacuated customers and employees from the store during the negotiations.

Police and Sacramento Fire Department personnel attempted to treat the man, but he died on scene.

The Sacramento Police Homicide Unit and Internal Affairs Division are investigating the shooting with oversight by the Office of Public Safety Accountability and the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office.

l customers and employees are being interviewed as witnesses, police said.

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