Man wielding tire iron is fatally shot by police outside Applebee’s in Southern California

A man who police say crashed his car and then approached them while carrying a tire iron was shot to death by two officers early Tuesday Nov in Corona Related Articles Map California is studying these fatal law enforcement shootings of unarmed people The confrontation took place in the parking lot of an Applebee s restaurant in the Riverside County city Sgt Robert Montanez a police spokesman explained the man crashed his sedan into an occupied pickup in the parking lot He got out of the car and walked around the lot wielding a tire iron Montanez stated This happened minutes after midnight which is the restaurant s listed closing time Police received exigency calls at a m Officers arrived and ordered him to drop the tire iron He did not and as he approached officers two of them opened fire killing him The man had not been publicly identified as of Tuesday afternoon The pickup s driver was hospitalized for what police disclosed were moderate injuries Montanez declined to share any statements the driver made citing the ongoing assessment Corona police say the driver of this car crashed into a pickup in the parking lot of the Applebee s restaurant on McKinley Street on Nov The man then got out and was shot to death by officers as he approached them while carrying a tire iron police say Brian Rokos The Press-Enterprise SCNG The Riverside County Sheriff s Force Investigations Detail along with the Riverside County District Attorney s Office and Corona police are studying the shooting by the officers Police ask anyone with information on the incident to contact Detective Wade Arens at - - or at Wade Arens CoronaCA gov