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Officer-Involved Shooting: Knife-Wielding Man Throwing Bricks at San Deigo Police Officers

   06/27/2021  43 Comments on Officer-Involved Shooting: Knife-Wielding Man Throwing Bricks at San Deigo Police Officers

On December 10, 2017, at about 0607 hours, officers received a radio call to respond to investigate a report of a possibly mentally ill person acting violently. The reporting party stated that she and her boyfriend had been awakened by a loud thud. Her boyfriend got up to see what the noise was and saw a man in the bushes outside their window. The caller then saw the male climb onto their front porch. She reported that her boyfriend went to the front door to ensure the security screen was locked and encountered the male at their front door. The male, later identified as Kyle Zahacefski, asked the boyfriend for a knife so he could kill himself. The caller’s boyfriend declined and told Zahacefski that he should not try to kill himself.

Zahacefski left their front porch and walked south, after which the caller heard the sound of rocks being thrown onto the street.

At about 0620 hours, Officer James Baker and Officer Jacqueline Giammona arrived on scene. When they arrived, the officers saw Zahacefski on the hill in front of a residence. The officers parked, and as they exited their vehicle Zahacefski started throwing bricks at them. Officer Stephen Hickox and Officer Richard Butera arrived on scene as Zahacefski continued to throw bricks and Officer Hickox personally saw one of the bricks hit Officer Butera’s police vehicle immediately after Officer Butera had exited the vehicle.

As the officers prepared to contact Zahacefski, who was positioned on significantly elevated yard, they lost sight of him. Officer Hickox went to a neighboring yard so he could get a better visual on Zahacefski. By doing this, Officer Hickox was able to guide Officer Butera up a zig-zag walkway and into the front yard of the residence.

When Officer Hickox and Officer Butera reached the top of the hill and walked into the front yard of the residence, each of them saw Zahacefski breaking a glass door leading into the residence. As the glass door to the residence shattered, Officer Butera and Officer Hickox rapidly approached the location where they saw Zahacefski enter the residence. When they arrived at the shattered glass door, Officers Butera and Hickox entered the residence through the broken door and encountered Zahacefski, who was standing in the kitchen.

As Officer Butera was standing in the living room, facing the kitchen, he saw Zahacefski hold a knife up to his own throat. Officer Butera gave Zahacefski commands to put the knife down, but Zahacefski refused and instead walked around a short partition wall. Zahacefski lowered the knife and pointed it at Officers Butera and Hickox. Zahacefski then began to quickly advance on the officers.

Officer Butera, who was armed with his department issued SWAT team 5.56 Caliber Daniels Defense AR-15 rifle, fired four rounds at Zahacefski. Officer Hickox fired one round from his bean bag shotgun. After being hit by the rounds, Zahacefski fell to the ground on the living room floor. Officers administered first aid until paramedics arrived. At approximately 0650 hours, Dr. Solomon from UCSD Hospital pronounced Zahacefski deceased.

The entire 515-page report of the investigation into this shooting is available on Patreon.

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43 thoughts on “Officer-Involved Shooting: Knife-Wielding Man Throwing Bricks at San Deigo Police Officers”

  3. A una persona que tiene un cuchillo no deben de dispararle arriba de la cintura, si fueran a disparar sería en las piernas para solo neutralizarlo nada mas ,por eso es q hoy día los delincuentes le tiran a matar a la policía ,por el temor de q como quiera los van a matar ,es triste lo q se vive hoy dia y ira de mal en peor .Dios nos bendiga a todos ..

  6. If that was my house I would have told those cops they aren't using MY towels for that ahole!!! Good job by the cops using CPR to make him bleed out faster.

  7. i wish we could all give you an award for the MOST LEGIT Channel on Youtube

    YOU SAID GRAPHIC CONTENT, *AND YOU FREAKING MENT IT!!*

    HAHA your gonna be the reason LivePD tanks 😀

  8. If the caller had mentioned that he was initiating a suicide attempt, it makes me a little upset that despite the first officer removing a beanbag firearm, the officer with the 5.56 took the lead and ended up shooting the suspect, when (what I can only imagine), a beanbag to that mans center mass would have probably dropped him just as well. I understand he had a weapon, but thats what beanbag shotguns are for, if he had a firearm, different story entirely.

  13. Why didn't you know where your daughter was before you called the police My favorite line is "why does a lack of concern on your part now constitute an emergency on mine in"
    TERRIBLE CPR….TO SLOW and sounds like he is still breathing a little

  14. Ok…. Obviously the home owner call the police were there somebody called then he comes out and says what's going on like IS no clue where is my daughter why didn't you find out where your daughter was before you call the police I am sorry this doesn't make sense

  15. you can also see one round hit him directly in the sternum, more than likely breaking it and rupturing his heart and potentially his lungs as well… dumbass

  20. I can’t imagine that dads grief when the shots rang out! I’d of been so confused

  23. rubber bullets or taser would likely have sufficed, but the scared piglet chose 4 or 5 rounds direct. they will still call it justified use of force but the kid could have been helped instead of shot dead. dumb pigs.

  26. Aniy a way to kill my job job I got my way job to job and I got to my job job and got a good job job at the job and got a good a job and got a good a job and got a good a job and got a good a job job and I told y’all was a job and

  36. For some reason, people must think police are playing games when they tell you to drop the weapon. But these idiots just keep coming. So I don't feel sorry for them at all. They get what they get.

  40. What amazes me is that lawyers have created such a situation that you need a 500-page report and hundreds of hours of work by a whole range of people to document that a dangerous person had to be taken down by the police. We have the right to be protected from violent lunatics and criminals. In many countries, we do not have the right to defend ourselves, not even in our home!!!

  42. Lowkey… the cops should have identified themselves when they entered that house.
    If that homeowner heard the glass break, grabbed his gun and happened to turn the corner where the cops were would have been a very sticky situation.

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