SAN PABLO — A 29-year-old man suspected of armed robbery was pronounced dead at a hospital after an off-duty police officer fatally shot him at a restaurant where he was eating Sunday, authorities said.
According to a statement by a Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office spokesman, deputies with the sheriff’s Bay Station responded to reports of a shooting shortly after 11:30 a.m. at Nation’s Giant Hamburgers, 16396 San Pablo Ave. in the city’s unincorporated Tara Hills neighborhood.
When deputies arrived, they learned that a man walked into the restaurant before robbing a cashier at gunpoint.
Moments later, an off-duty University of California Police Department sergeant eating at the restaurant confronted the man and fired a shot that hit him.
Sheriff’s deputies provided first aid before paramedics and Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters responded, taking the man to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
A sheriff’s spokesman identified the man Sunday night as Richmond resident Amanuel Moreno.
There were no other suspects, and there were no other injuries.
Anyone with information may call the sheriff’s investigation division at 925-313-2600 or dispatchers at 925-646-2441, or e-mail [email protected] or call 866-846-3592 to leave an anonymous voicemail.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.
