Police investigating officer-involved shooting in South San Francisco

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KGO) -- A man with a rifle was shot by police in South San Francisco Sunday morning.

Officers were dispatched to the vicinity of Del Monte and Romney avenues around 9:30 a.m. on a report of a middle-aged man with a rifle.

"I was about to go out for a run and then I heard a gunshot and right after that I heard the sirens going, so right after I heard that I said 'I'm going to stay inside,"' nearby resident Sean Crilly said.

The first arriving officer located the suspect and ordered him to drop the weapon, but the suspect allegedly advanced towards the officer while brandishing the firearm. "He was given multiple commands by officer to comply with the officer's request. He remained armed with the firearm, which forced the officer to fire his weapon," South San Francisco Police Department Sgt. Ken Chetcuti said.

One witness said the suspect pointed his gun at officers. "They told him to get on the ground, get on the ground, they said it several times, the guy kept advancing toward the police officer, he raised a long object what appeared to be like a shotgun gun and he raised it up and the cop, bang, one shot the guy fell to the ground," he said.

The man was taken to a hospital and is now in stable condition.

The officer was not injured in the shooting.

Neighbors said they had never seen the man before and some said this neighborhood is the last place they expect a police shooting to happen. "Very scary, very quiet neighborhood. This usually never happens here, ever," Crilly said.

The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office and the South San Francisco Police Department are investigating the shooting.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call (650) 877-8900.

Bay City News contributed to this story.