Ontario police fatally shoot armed suspect at gas station

Authorities fatally shot an armed suspect in Ontario late Thursday evening.  

The shooting occurred at around 11 p.m. in the 4300 block of East Ontario Mills Parkway near Milliken Avenue, when Ontario Police Department officers came in contact with a man armed with a knife-like weapon. 

They were called to the scene after learning that the man was threatening customers at the Mobil gas station in the area and demanding money.

According to Ontario PD's Eliseo Guerrero, a lone officer contacted the male suspect outside of the gas station before "the male charged the officer with a weapon in his hands, resulting in an officer-involved shooting."

An officer opened fire on the suspect after he charged at them, still holding the weapon. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Officers have not identified exactly what sort of weapon the suspect was holding, referring to it thus far as a "metal object." 

Guerrero detailed that the initial 911 calls claimed that the man was armed with a knife, though "when we arrived on scene he was holding a different weapon."

Their identity was withheld pending notification of next of kin. 

Investigators were looking at surveillance footage from the gas station and the surrounding areas to try and determine who the man was. They located a shopping cart, said to contain several items that looked like personal belongings, outside of the gas station. 

Authorities wanted to make it clear that this incident was in no way related to the recent string of armed robberies and shootings that have taken place at 7-Elevens.