Authorities Monday launched video footage of a police capturing that killed a knife-wielding suicidal man final month in a Level Loma neighborhood.
Jacob Lyle Epple, 32, was mortally wounded when San Diego Police Department Officer Yosgart Miranda opened hearth on him at Bermuda Avenue and Ebers Avenue on the morning of Might 31.
The occasions that led to the deadly legislation enforcement gunfire started shortly after 9 a.m. that day, when a 911 caller reported that Epple was standing in the course of the road within the 4400 block of Coronado Avenue in Ocean Seashore, telling onlookers that he wished to die, in response to the SDPD.
As officers had been en route, Epple received into his automotive and drove off. A short while later, Miranda noticed Epple’s black Mercedes-Benz sedan stopped within the roadway on the intersection of Coronado Avenue and Guizot Avenue, police mentioned.
Miranda received out of his squad automotive and approached Epple, saying, “Hey, what the (expletive) are you doing, man?”
With Miranda’s uniform-worn digicam recording the encounter, Epple replied, “I need to die. Please shoot me. Please, please, I need to (expletive) die.”
Miranda then advised Epple to get out of the automotive. When Epple failed to take action, the officer pulled his service pistol, pointed it at him and mentioned, “Let me see your (expletive) palms.”
At that time, Epple drove away to the west. With Miranda and different officers giving chase, he sped over numerous residential streets, working a number of cease indicators earlier than getting right into a crash at Pescadero Drive and Sundown Cliffs Boulevard.
Moments later, when Miranda pulled over and received out of his cruiser, Epple exited his car and approached the officer with a knife in his hand, in response to police. Epple then wheeled round, ran again to his automotive and drove off as soon as once more.
After persevering with to flee for a brief distance, Epple received into one other crash, severely damaging the entrance of his automotive. He then received out of the smoking car, holding the knife to his neck, approached officers and repeatedly advised them to kill him.
The personnel responded by surprising Epple a number of occasions with electrical stun weapons, momentarily incapacitating him however failing to immediate him to conform. Epple received again into his automotive briefly, then got here out once more, the knife in his proper hand. At that time, he started to advance on Miranda once more, saying, “Shoot me, please.”
Police mentioned Miranda responded by discharging three rounds at Epple, sending him collapsing onto the roadside. Paramedics took Epple to a hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless.
Metropolis Information Service contributed to this text.
