SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO – Authorities on Tuesday recognized a person shot and killed by officers a day earlier in South San Francisco as 60-year-old Brian Joseph Montana.
Montana was recognized in an replace that included different particulars concerning the taking pictures within the 300 block of Arroyo Circle.
Officers have been initially dispatched to the scene at 5:52 p.m. for a report of an individual – later revealed to be Montana – brandishing a firearm at a neighbor, in response to the South San Francisco Police Division. They arrived on the scene minutes later and instantly referred to as for backup as a result of Montana was taking pictures into an occupied dwelling.
Police mentioned Montana then moved to the driveway of the residence and hid behind parked autos.
Over the following 25 minutes, Montana fired a handgun, shotgun and rifle at officers from the driveway, in response to police.
“Officers used police vehicles as cover from the barrage of gunfire and were able to return fire,” police mentioned.
Montana was hit at the least as soon as and died of his accidents on the scene, in response to police.
A resident of the house Montana fired into was injured throughout the incident. Police described the sufferer’s accidents as “non-life-threatening” however didn’t specify the trigger.
No different accidents have been reported.
Two officers fired their weapons, police mentioned. Police didn’t establish the officers however mentioned each have been positioned on paid administrative go away, as is customary in such incidents.
Extra info, together with audio and video recordings, is predicted to be launched within the coming weeks.
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