About 1:10 a.m., officers saw a "suspicious occupied vehicle" parked behind a closed, vacant business. As officers attempted to make contact with the man inside the vehicle, he shot at officers, striking the front windshield of a patrol unit, and police shot and killed him.
Agency: Placentia Police Department
Motive: suspicious vehicle
Confrontation Type: None/Unknown
Service Call: No
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Name withheld by police
Death Date: May 29, 2021
County: Orange
Geography: Urban
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Race: Unknown race
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: gun
Threat Level: attack
Fleeing: not fleeing