Nizamuddin killed by Santa Clara police after knife attack

A 30-year-old Indian man from Telangana, Mohammed Nizamuddin, was shot and killed by Santa Clara police on Sept. 3 after officers say they encountered him armed with a knife during a reported stabbing at a home in the 1800 block of Eisenhower Drive. The Santa Clara Police Department said officers responding to a 911 call found Nizamuddin attacking a roommate; the first officer on scene fired four times when verbal commands were ignored, striking Nizamuddin, who was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police Chief Cory Morgan told reporters that officers were dispatched around 6:18 a.m. local time, though some accounts give slightly different dispatch times. Chief Morgan said the initial 911 caller reported a stabbing and that the suspect had pinned the victim to the ground. The first responding officer, Robert Allsup, forced entry, observed Nizamuddin straddling the victim and holding a kitchen knife, and issued commands that were not followed. Morgan said the officer fired after seeing the suspect raise the knife toward the victim. Two knives were recovered at the scene, police said.

Officials said the roommate sustained stab wounds to the hands, chest, lung and abdomen, was...