From the Walnut Creek Police Department:
On 12/27/12 at 3:15 a.m., the Walnut Creek Police Department received a 911 call via transfer from the Contra Costa County Fire Department. Screaming could be heard in the background. Officers were immediately sent to 1450 Creekside Drive and arrived within minutes.
Officers confronted one armed subject inside an apartment at the complex and were forced to shoot that individual. The subject was pronounced deceased at the scene.
No officers were injured.
The Walnut Creek Police Department is currently conducting a criminal investigation in conjunction with the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office and , Contra Costa County Crime Laboratory. As is standard practice, the involved Officers have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.