A Hesperia man who was touring on foot survived being struck by two automobiles in separate collisions Thursday morning however was then fatally shot by San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies after he pulled a knife on them, authorities mentioned.
Nicholas Robert Contreras, 32, was first struck by a car on the intersection of Mariposa Highway and Locust Avenue in Victorville, in keeping with a sheriff’s spokesperson.
Contreras picked himself up and continued strolling earlier than he was struck by a second car close to a gasoline station a few quarter-mile away, authorities mentioned.
Sheriff’s deputies responding to emergency calls arrived on the scene shortly earlier than 10 a.m., authorities mentioned.
Neither of the 2 collisions “was laborious sufficient to incapacitate or disable” Contreras, mentioned sheriff’s spokesperson Gloria Huerta.
As deputies approached Contreras, they found he was carrying a knife, authorities mentioned.
Contreras refused deputies’ instructions to drop the knife, and when he superior on them the deputies opened fireplace on him, authorities mentioned. He was pronounced useless on the scene.
The division’s Specialised Investigation Division is dealing with the investigation.
