San Diego police officer shoots suspect who was wielding a hatchet

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San Diego, CA - Body-worn camera footage and surveillance video shared by the San Diego Police Department on Thursday showed a man vandalizing a library in Pacific Beach with a hatchet before he was shot.

Police responded to a call from the Pacific Beach/Taylor Branch Library at 4275 Cass St. on Thursday, May 8 about a man wielding an axe causing a disturbance around 4:15 p.m.

Surveillance cameras inside the library showed the man, who was later identified by authorities as William John Hanley, 54, of San Diego, hacking at tables, power cords and computers with a hatchet. He was also seen brandishing the weapon at a library employee behind the circulation desk.

Hanley then left the library and was located by responding officers in the 4300 block of Dawes Street, where officers ordered him to put down the hatchet and put his hands up. He did not comply.

An SDPD officer, identified by the department as Dominic Bloemendaal, was seen approaching Hanley on a video captured by a camera inside a parked car.

A camera worn by Bloemendaal captured him ordering Hanley to put his hands up and drop the hatchet. The footage also showed Hanley responding, “No. I’m going to create a scene and the whole world sees it.”

Around 4:23 p.m., Hanley was seen pulling back his arm and lifting the hatchet before Bloemendaal fired multiple rounds, striking him. Hanley fell to the ground after he was shot.

Officers immediately provided him with medical aid and paramedics were called before Hanley was taken to a hospital for treatment. He was expected to survive his injuries.

According to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, Hanley was charged with assault with a deadly weapon (not a firearm), exhibiting a firearm or deadly weapon with intent to resist or prevent arrest and obstruction/resisting an executive officer.

He was also charged with vandalism over $400 and exhibiting a deadly weapon that is not a firearm.