Home Depot Shooting Leaves One Person Dead in California

Police shot and killed a man inside a Home Depot store in California on Monday night.

Officers were called to the area near 16700 block of Santa Ana Avenue in Fontana at around 6 p.m. after multiple people called 911 to report a man was intentionally trying to get hit by a car, according to Fox 11.

Police said when officers arrived at the scene, the man ran into a nearby Home Depot store and armed himself with an "edged weapon," the station reported.

Officers subsequently shot him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

No other civilians or officers were injured in the incident, ABC7 reported.

No other details about the shooting were immediately available.

A Home Depot spokesperson declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.

Newsweek has contacted the Fontana Police Department via email outside of working hours for comment.

Police officers in the U.S. shoot and kill more than 1,000 people every year, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to reducing gun violence.

Black people are victims at a disproportionate rate—they are almost three times more likely to be shot and killed by police than white people, according to a report from the group.

Monday night's incident comes days after two officers in Buffalo, New York, shot and killed a man, prompting authorities to launch an investigation.

Edward Holmes, 58, was fatally shot on Saturday morning.

Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said officers had responded to a report of a man with a gun and found Holmes holding a shotgun in the middle of a residential street, The Associated Press reported.

Gramaglia said officers had told Holmes to drop his weapon numerous times, but he fired it instead.

The two officers who shot Holmes were placed on administrative leave and New York Attorney General Letitia James' office is investigating. Both are standard protocol in police shootings.

Earlier in February an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) shot a man who was holding a white plastic fork.

Jason Maccani, 36, was killed during a confrontation with officers inside a commercial building on February 3, after a 911 caller falsely reported that a man was threatening people inside with a stick or a pipe, NBC Los Angeles reported.

LAPD Chief Michel Moore later told reporters that the caller had purposely misrepresented the situation in a bid to speed up the police response.

Moore said he was "concerned about the officer's decision to use deadly force."

Update 2/27/24, 4:18 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.