Police say a man armed with a knife was shot by an officer Friday morning in Oxnard.
The incident started just after midnight, when Oxnard firefighters were called to a building on the 200 block of East Seventh Street by reports of a man cutting himself with a knife. They say the man was armed and uncooperative, so they called police.
The 24-year-old man was in a bathroom when officers arrived. They say he then came out holding a knife, ignored orders to drop it, and advanced towards an officer. The officer then opened fire, critically wounding the man. His name hasn’t been released.
It’s the third officer-involved shooting in Oxnard this year. Police Department officials say as they did in the other incidents, they will release the officer’s bodycam video of the incident.
