{"id":13873,"date":"2026-07-22T20:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13873"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:18:19","slug":"irvine-man-armed-with-a-knife-killed-after-charging-at-police-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=13873","title":{"rendered":"Irvine man armed with a knife killed after charging at police, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/6a4f142\/2147483647\/strip\/false\/crop\/636x306+0+0\/resize\/636x306!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffa%2F07%2F96a903004c768fcfe05c306bba53%2Fla-me-irvine-police-shooting-fatal01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>A 20-year-old man who was experiencing a mental health crisis and holding a knife was shot and killed by police in Irvine on Tuesday, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>About 11:45 a.m. Irvine police officers were dispatched to the city\u2019s Turtle Rock neighborhood after receiving reports of the man outside his home on Evening Breeze with a knife, the Irvine Police Department said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, the man had moved up the street near the intersection of Sungate and Silkwood, still holding a knife, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>For more than an hour, the department said, police stayed there and spoke with the man, \u201cnegotiating a peaceful surrender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But eventually, \u201cthe man charged at officers while holding the knife\u201d and was shot, the department said. Paramedics rendered aid but the man was pronounced dead at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>His identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 20-year-old man who was experiencing a mental health crisis and holding a knife was shot and killed by police in Irvine on Tuesday, authorities said. 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