Man fatally shot by San Diego Police ID’d as Jacob Lyle Epple
The badly damaged Mercedes-Benz that the suspect fled before the fatal shooting by police on May Photo by Adrian Childress Times of San Diego A -year-old man who was fatally shot by a San Diego Police Officer last week has been identified along with the officer involved leadership disclosed Friday Around a m on May an officer was dispatched to a welfare check of a man who allegedly made suicidal statements while blocking traffic in the block of Coronado Avenue in San Diego according to a summary from the San Diego County Sheriff s Office an additional responding agency The responding officer called for additional units to assist shortly after arriving on the scene the agency disclosed Sheriff s executives mentioned the suspect identified as Jacob Lyle Epple entered a small-black sedan and drove away prompting a pursuit through surface streets in Ocean Beach The pursuit ended at the intersection of Ebers Street and Bermuda Avenue when the black sedan collided with a black Jeep The suspect then exited the conveyance made additional suicidal statements and approached officers while wielding a knife representatives announced San Diego Police Officer Yosgart Miranda a two-year patrolman at the Western Division shot multiple rounds that struck Epple in the block of Bermuda Avenue the agency revealed Officers attempted life-saving measures on Epple until paramedics transported him to a hospital where he died from his injuries shortly afterward sheriff s leaders reported According to representatives no officers were injured but the driver of the Jeep complained of pain She declined healthcare medicine The motivation of the shooting was under examination while detectives gathered evidence interviewed onlookers and examined the circumstances Personnel from the FBI were also monitoring the inspection representatives noted Administration urged anyone with information regarding the shooting to call the Homicide Unit at - - after hours at - - or Crime Stoppers at - - City News Provision