Active shooter in San Diego

[pintobean]

12. There was never an "active shooter"

and that phrase never appeared in the link you provided. In fact, I never saw that phrase in any story that I read about this incident - just in your OP.

About 11:40 a.m., the man aimed a rifle in the direction of officers through a window or glass door near a fire escape, homicide Lt. Jorge Duran said. A patrol officer fired several rounds at the man, Duran said. It is not believed the man fired the rifle, the lieutenant said.

At 12:37 p.m., a SWAT team lobbed a flash-bang grenade into the third-floor unit, then stormed inside and found the man dead, Duran said. No one else was found in the apartment.

Duran said it did not immediately appear that the officer’s rounds went into any adjoining units. Hastings said the officer who fired his weapon is a 22-year department veteran.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/feb/26/suicidal-man-rifle-downtown-san-diego/

It looks like a troubled and suicidal man decided to go suicide by cop. It's a tragedy on many levels.