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The Seattle Police Department has released after an officer shot someone inside the secured parking lot of the Southwest Precinct.

It happened around 12:18 p.m. on Wednesday.

Police Chief Shon Barnes says the man was armed with a knife, and officers tried to de-escalate the situation, but the man wouldn鈥檛 cooperate. Barnes said officers used 鈥渓ess than lethal鈥� sponge rounds to try and stop him. Barnes says the rounds were not successful, and that鈥檚 when, according to the chief, an officer shot the man.

鈥淭hese events happen quickly, they escalate quickly and officers have to make quick decisions, we have to deescalate, that鈥檚 part of what we do in our strategy, if less than lethal weapons are available, we want to use those but ultimately we want to make sure we can investigate this thoroughly determine exactly what happened,鈥� Barnes said.

Police immediately tried to render aid until firefighters could arrive, but the man didn鈥檛 survive. Barnes says SPD is not sure how the man got into the secured SPD parking lot at this time. Investigators with SPD鈥檚 Force Investigation Team and members of the Office of Police Accountability were on scene Wednesday afternoon.

鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to figure out all the facts that led up to this,鈥� Chief Barnes said.

Chief Barnes says there was a call made about a suicidal person at the nearby Home Depot, but it鈥檚 too early in the investigation to say whether it鈥檚 the same person. Investigators were seen photographing the inside and outside of a Subaru SUV in the parking lot of the Home Depot, about 100 feet away from where tarps shielded the deceased man from the parking lots鈥� view.

This is the first use of deadly force by a Seattle Police officer in Barnes鈥� short tenure as chief, after getting on the job in late January. It鈥檚 also the first use of deadly force in around ten months by SPD.

鈥淓very officer-involved critical incident, whether shooting or not, there鈥檚 always a debrief, we鈥檙e always trying to figure out how to keep these things from happening,鈥� Barnes said.

Barnes himself was at the Southwest Precinct Tuesday night, less than 24 hours before the shooting hosted by the Southwest Precinct Advisory Council. Barnes has been an advocate for community policing during his career.

鈥淚t underscores the relevance of community engagement, it underscores there鈥檚 more work to do, it underscores we have a lot of ongoing challenges around mental health and issues we need to work together I think as a community to figure out some solutions to that,鈥� Barnes said.

Officer-worn body camera video will be released within 72 hours after the incident, per Seattle policy.