San Jose police officers fatally shot a man, Mateusz Dzierbun, armed with a knife in a park after he murdered his son. Dzierbun called 911, masking his identity and planning to provoke police into shooting him, which he intended as a form of suicide. Arriving officers found him standing over his son's body, covered in blood and armed. Despite attempts to persuade him to drop the weapon, he charged at them, prompting the officers to shoot. This incident marked the second police shooting in a week for the department.
The officers who responded that afternoon were running toward what they believed was a child desperately in need of help. They came intending to save a life, not to take one.
His call for help was actually a twisted plan to force officers to shoot him. It was a final, desperate and selfish act - suicide by cop.
A deranged man who had murdered his own son. His call for help was a deceptive act to mislead police.
It is the second shooting involving an officer in a one week time period. Officers attempted to get Dzierbun to drop the weapon so they could provide aid.
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