The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace launched new particulars on Thursday into the deadly police capturing of a person armed with two knives inside a grocery retailer final week.
The incident occurred at 2:39 p.m. on Oct. 20 within the 5100 block of Hollister Avenue the place two sheriff’s deputies responded to a name of an assault with a lethal weapon. The arrival deputies realized {that a} man had attacked a canine and stabbed the canine proprietor earlier than fleeing inside a Ralphs grocery retailer, the place he barricaded himself inside a public lavatory, in line with a division assertion on the capturing.
The division recognized the suspect as 34-year-old Abdou Rhamn Nyan of Connecticut.
The sheriff’s deputies, Sgt. Eric Delgadillo and Deputy Anthony Muneton, entered the shop and made their method to the again the place the restroom was positioned. Delgadillo and Muneton tried to barter with Nyan in an effort to deescalate the state of affairs, in line with the sheriff’s division.
As a result of the deputies believed he nonetheless had the knives with him within the restroom, they put show racks in entrance of the door in an effort to briefly include him and shield themselves, the division assertion mentioned.
“Moments later, Nyan instantly opened the door, pushed by the barricade, and charged towards the deputies clutching a metallic garbage can as a barrier whereas holding a knife in every hand,” the assertion learn. “Deputies have been positioned lower than ten ft away within the slender alcove exterior the restroom and issued verbal instructions.”
The division mentioned a 3rd deputy tried to make use of a taser, whereas Delgadillo and Muneton fired six rounds at Nyan. After capturing him, the deputies secured the knives and commenced lifesaving measures.
Paramedics pronounced Nyan useless on the scene. No deputies have been injured within the capturing. The stabbing sufferer was handled at a hospital and launched. The sufferer’s canine was unhurt.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned the 2 deputies stay on administrative depart and the capturing stays underneath investigation. The division mentioned it is going to hand over the outcomes of the investigation to the the Santa Barbara County district legal professional’s workplace for evaluation.
