Fullerton Police Shoot Man Who Ran Towards Them While Armed With Knives
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July 16,2024
Fullerton, California — On June 15, 2024, at 5:04 am, Fullerton Police Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call regarding a male armed with knives and threatening people in the 200 block of E. Imperial Hwy. The reporting party told the call taker he was a victim of weapon brandishing and to send multiple officers due to the male's dangerous behavior. Fullerton Police Officers arrived on scene and contacted a male adult, identified as 27-year-old Lorenzo Roger Hills III, holding what appeared to be a knife in each hand. Hills was directed multiple times to drop his weapons, however, was uncooperative with the commands given to him.
Hills suddenly began running towards officers with the knives in his hands and failed to comply with commands to stop. An officer involved shooting then occurred. A subsequent investigation revealed the cell phone was registered to Hills and that it was the same cell phone used to make the 9-1-1 call that initiated the police response to this incident. Based on the fact Hills called the Fullerton Police Department to report a male who matched his own description - was brandishing knives and whose actions ultimately led to the officer-involved shooting, it is believed Hills intentionally provoked a deadly police encounter, commonly referred to as "suicide-by cop."
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