(BCN) — Antioch police acted in “reasonable self-defense/defense of others” when they fatally shot a man armed with a knife last summer, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office said Friday.
David Wali Bahrami, 26, was killed on June 30 in the 3800 block of Osprey Drive after making multiple calls to 911.
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A still from the officer-involved shooting that killed 26-year-old David Bahrami. (Antioch Police Department)
Bahrami, who lived with his family and had a history of mental illness, told dispatchers he was about to kill someone, gave his address, and hung up the phone, prosecutors said.
Officers asked him to come outside to draw him away from family members inside the home, according to the district attorney. When he emerged from his residence, officers ordered Bahrami to stop and get on his knees. Instead, he pulled a kitchen knife from his waistband and began running toward them, prosecutors said.
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A less-lethal weapon was discharged but Bahrami continued advancing on the officers, who fired several times, the district attorney’s office said. Bahrami died at the scene.
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