Porterville police fatally shoot suspect

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Porterville police fatally shoot suspect

By Geoff Roth

Story Published: Jul 24, 2008 at 8:56 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 25, 2008 at 2:13 AM EDT

Porterville police fatally shot a man Thursday morning after he ran into the Foster Farms plant in Porterville wielding a knife.
Police are not releasing any details, but a statement sent out by Foster Farms says police were pursuing the man when he ran onto their facility. Police ordered the man to put down the knife, and then shot him when he started running in to an employee break room. No one else was harmed in the incident.

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