On the night of the 18th, a police officer who rushed to a house in Niigata City, waving a kitchen knife, fired a pistol at an approaching 37-year-old resident, who subsequently died.
The police said, "I think the use of pistols was appropriate at this point," and are investigating the details.
According to the police, after 8:30 pm on the 18th, a person living in a house in Tsukumoda, Nishikan-ku, Niigata City reported that "a mentally unstable brother has a kitchen knife."
When three police officers from the Nishikan Police Station rushed in, a 37-year-old resident swung a knife about 20 cm across the blade at the front door, and the police officers held a pistol and warned that "throw away the knife". is.
However, as the resident approached a distance of about 2 meters, an assistant police officer in his 40s fired a pistol and hit his chest, and the resident was taken to the hospital, but was confirmed dead about two hours later. It means that it was done.
There were no injuries to other family members in the house.
Police are investigating the details of the situation before firing the pistol.
Hiroaki Shimizu, Chief of the Police Department of the Niigata Prefectural Police Headquarters, said, "I think the use of pistols was appropriate at this point."