TUSTIN — A man in his car was shot by police Tuesday night, after a nearly two-hour standoff during which he displayed a handgun and ultimately fired on officers, police said.
The man’s condition is unknown. After the shooting, officers gave the man medical aid before an ambulance took him to a local hospital, said Lt. Bob Wright of the Tustin Police Department.
No officers were injured.
Police responded to a call of a suicidal man around 7 p.m. in the 16200 block of Main Street and, when they arrived, found the man sitting in his car in an alleyway behind an apartment complex, Wright said. The complex appeared to be the Tustin Parc apartments, which are just south of the Santa Ana Zoo and Prentice Park.
When officers tried to contact him, the man displayed a handgun and a standoff ensued at 8:56 p.m., with multiple officers arriving as backup.
“Nearly our entire department responded,” Wright said.
Officers tried talking to the man, whose name and age is unknown, and issued verbal commands for “a couple of hours” asking him to surrender, Wright said.
The man then fired off several rounds at the officers, Wright added, and the officers returned fire. It is unknown how many times the man was shot.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has been notified about the shooting, Wright said. Per policy, the D.A.’s Office will investigate whether the officers were justified in shooting the man.
At this point, none of the officers involved have been put on administrative leave or desk duty, as is common practice after police shootings, Wright said.