Riverside Police Cite Knife in Fatal Shooting of Man in 50s

A Riverside police officer fatally shot a man in his 50s around 9:30 p.m. Sunday near University and Douglas avenues. Police said the man threw a rock at the patrol car and had a knife; the officer fired during the encounter, and the man later died at a hospital. Two witnesses told ABC7 they saw the encounter but did not see a weapon, and said the officer yelled for the man to stop walking away before firing several shots. Authorities have not explained what specific threat prompted the shooting, and an investigation is underway.