RICHMOND — At least one Richmond police officer shot and killed someone during a warrant service Tuesday night, but so far the department won’t say why, or even if the decedent was armed.
The police shooting occurred a little before 9 p.m. on Tuesday on the 2700 block of Maine Avenue in south Richmond. A Richmond police news release says officers showed up around 8:15 p.m. and were attempting to arrest a person on suspicion of violating their probation by committing an act of domestic violence.
The person refused to surrender. They were shot roughly 30 minutes into the standoff. Police haven’t said what prompted the shooting, or identified the dead person by name, age, or gender. The news release says officers spent the half-hour attempting to de-escalate the situation before killing the person.
The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office is investigating the incident, which is standard for any time a person is killed by police or dies in police custody countywide. As part of the county’s protocol, a coroner’s inquest will eventually be held to look into the matter.
Police haven’t said how many officers fired, or named any of the officers who did. The news release says the department is “committed” to a “thorough and transparent” investigation.
This is the first police killing this year in Contra Costa.
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