SAN DIEGO—A 62-year-old man who pointed a gun at firefighters during a blaze at an apartment complex aimed that same weapon at arriving police officers before taking his own life with a single gunshot wound, authorities said.
Officers were dispatched to a possible apartment fire in the 11200 block of Tierrasanta Boulevard at about noon on June 4, said Lt. Chris Steffen of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
They reported that firefighters saw smoke coming from an apartment and forcibly opened the front door to find the suspect sitting on a couch. He pointed a handgun at firefighters, who retreated from the apartment, Steffen said….