Walnut Creek Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting (OIS) that occurred earlier this morning in the area of Alvarado Avenue and Buena Vista Avenue.
The scene is secure, and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
This remains an active investigation. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
No arrests but the police shot at the perp that is still at large and there is no immediate danger to the community…make it make sense! Give us a description of the at large individual and information as to why the police shot at him! The tax paying citizens have a right to know!!!
At least one person shot & killed …coroner on scene
You will need to check with the coroner for a description.
And if there is no description, that is the description.
New legislation coming out from the defund crowd. If the police miss on the first shot the perp goes free.
Just heard a rumor that it was a son who was going to shoot his mother. Accurate or not, I don’t know.
This was an individual with mental health issues who stopped taking his schizophrenia medication and had spoken to his mother about “suicide by cop.” His mother had warned the Walnut Creek Chief of Police about her son wanting to die by “suicide by cop.” The mother says she doesn’t blame the Walnut Creek Police Department employees involved, but she does blame Countra Costa County Health Services for not implementing SB43 of 2023, which would’ve defined her son as “gravely disabled” and forced him to be on medication.