Man with axe shot by police in Pacific Beach identified

Man with axe shot by police in Pacific Beach identified

NOTE: The video above aired on May 8. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Authorities have identified the armed man shot by police last week in Pacific Beach. William John Hanley, 54, of San Diego County, faces charges that include assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and resisting an executive officer, the San Diego Police Department said in a news release Wednesday. The incident occurred Thursday evening in the 4300 block of Dawes Street. Of…

San Diego police officer who shot man allegedly armed with axe in Pacific Beach identified

The San Diego police officer who shot and wounded a man allegedly armed with an axe in Pacific Beach was identified Wednesday. Officer Dominic Bloemendaal, a seven-year department veteran assigned to the Northern Division patrol unit, shot 53-year-old William John Hanley, who had allegedly been brandishing a weapon inside the Pacific Beach library, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The Sheriff’s Office is investigating t…

Man shot by SDPD near PB library ID'd, as is officer who shot him

On Wednesday, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department identified a police officer and the man he shot following a disturbance at a library in San Diego. On May 8 around 4:20 p.m., officers responded after a witness reported a man vandalizing property and wielding a hatchet inside the Pacific Beach/Taylor Library, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office. Lt. Juan Marquez with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, which is the agency in…

Armed officers attend as man with an axe in Nottingham street arrested

A suspect has been arrested after a taxi driver’s tyres were reportedly slashed after a disagreement. Officers were called to Waterloo Crescent, near Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham, following the incident at around 8.20am this morning (Thursday). It was reported the tyres were slashed with a bladed weapon and so armed officers were deployed. A 22-year-old […]