A rifle-wielding man who allegedly threatened to kill family members and any police officers who responded to his home was shot by Indio police Tuesday and hospitalized in unknown condition.
Officers responded at 5:30 a.m. to a domestic violence call at the home in the 81200 block of Daffodil Court, according to Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron. An unidentified person who called from the home said the suspect would kill police and relatives in the home if officers showed up, Guitron said.
When officers arrived, they found a man in the front yard holding a rifle, Guitron said. Officers tried to subdue him using “less than lethal” methods, possibly bean-bag rounds. With the man still holding the rifle, an officer opened fire, striking the suspect, Guitron said.
It was unclear how many rounds were fired. After the shooting, the suspect managed to walk back inside the home but then came back out and was subdued by a police canine, according to police. Guitron said the man was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.
No other injuries were reported. At least one other person — believed to be the man’s wife — was inside the home during the shooting.