A man was fatally shot by police in Huntington Beach, California, near the U.S. Open of Surfing contest, authorities say.
A man was fatally shot by police in Huntington Beach, California, near the U.S. Open of Surfing contest, authorities said Saturday night.
The man, who was not identified, had a gun and"was non-compliant" as officers tried to get him to surrender, the Huntington Beach Police Department said in a statement. The afternoon confrontation occurred south of the Huntington Beach Pier, where surfers were competing nearby in the U.S. Open of Surfing, a qualifying event connected to the professional surfing tour.
Following the shooting,"life-saving measures were provided," but the man died at a hospital, the department said. A gun was recovered at the scene, police said.The annual surfing contest has sometimes drawn large, boisterous crowds. In 1986, under the name O.P. Pro, it was the site of
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