A man with a samurai-style sword was shot dead after he walked toward officers in Ontario Tuesday night.
He was gunned down following a police pursuit that ended at Fern Avenue and Phillips Street, the Ontario Police Department said.
Officers responded to a call from the man in the area of Mission Boulevard and Mountain Avenue just after 10 p.m. The caller said he had a gun and that he was suicidal.
Officers located a lone subject inside a car with the lights out. A five-minute pursuit followed before the man pulled over, got out of the vehicle and brandished a large samurai-style sword, police said.
Despite being told to put down the weapon, he walked toward the officers. When a non-lethal rubber round failed to stop him, he was shot again.
He was then taken to a hospital, where he later died.
No officers were injured.
