The San José police said that father killed his son before he was shot by civil servants

“The caller was hysterical and explained that the attacker was still on site and gave a description of the suspect that the officials later described the caller himself,” said Joseph.

When the officials arrived, they saw Mateusz Dzierbun (48) from Fremont, who bent on the floor through a bloody child who was armed with a large knife, said Joseph.

Joseph said the officials “asked the suspect to drop the knife”, but Dzierbun did not work together and instead made several statements that pointed out that he wanted to be shot by the police. “

Dzierbun then got up with the knife and accused the officers who shot on him. Joseph said an Sergeant with 19 years of experience and an officer at about four and a half years had fired her weapons.

Other officers were present with “less fatal” weapons, but Joseph said: “You couldn't try these options beforehand [Dzierbun] the problem forced. “The officers arrived in the park at 3:31 p.m. and the shootout occurred about three minutes later, he said.

When the officials reached the child, Joseph said that the boy had already “clearly died” and “suffered from injuries that are so serious that it was unimaginable that they could have been inflicted by his own father”.

Both officers are trained in crisis intervention and wore body cameras.

“The officials who answered this afternoon ran to what they were for a child who urgently needed help. They came to save a life, not to take one,” said Joseph.

“They had no way to know that this terrible and unfathomable act of violence had already led to the loss of the life of an innocent child before they even arrived. Now these officers have to wear a weight that was never to be borne, but one who was put on her shoulders by a man whose final act was so selfish.