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Update: Witness to Shooting Saw Officer `Taking Aim' at Something Behind a Truck

The shooting took place at 9:30 a.m. in the 7500 block of Frederiksen Lane.

6:55 p.m. Update: Dublin police identified the suspect as 28-year-old Ryan Cox. According to a statement issued by police, Cox had been punching holes in the walls of his home when his father called police for help and that Cox met police carrying a 10 inch knife.

2:37 p.m. Update: None of Dublin's schools were locked down during or after Friday's shooting incident, according to Shelley Fischer, secretary to Superintendent Steve Hanke.

Fischer wrote, via email:

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"Dr. Hanke did make a message to go out to all families. There was a malfunction with the first attempt, so we immediately cancelled the message and resent it.  It was broadcasted without issue."

The following is the automated message sent out to parents from Steve Hanke, Superintendent of Dublin Schools:

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"Hello, this is Steve Hanke, Superintendent of Dublin Schools.

I am calling with a message regarding an incident that occurred in our community this morning. 

I received word from the Dublin Police Department that there was an officer involved shooting in the vicinity of Frederiksen Elementary School. 

The suspect is in custody and no officers were injured in the incident. 

There is no danger to students at any of our schools and there is no lockdown in place. 

If you have any questions regarding the incident or our school response, please contact the principal at your child’s school or my office. 

The District Office phone number to call is 925-828-2551 EXT 8002. 

Thank you."

1:20 p.m. Update: A neighbor of the man shot by a Dublin Police officer told Patch he heard loud arguing and looked down the street, where he saw the officer "taking aim" at something behind a truck.

Watch video of the neighbor describing what he saw Friday morning

"I couldn't see what he was aiming at," said Albert Ybarra, a resident of the 7500 block of Frederiksen Lane, where on Friday morning police shot and wounded a 28-year-old man they said was wielding a large "Rambo-style" knife. "It was something on the other side of (the suspect's father's) truck."

He then heard three shots. The suspect's father was behind the truck during the shooting.

11:45 a.m. Update: Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson said the suspect charged at the officer with a 12-inch, Rambo-style knife.

Get further details in this video where Nelson discusses Friday's officer-involved shooting.

Ybarra said this is not the first time the suspect, who was identified by Bay Area media outlets as Ryan Cox, has been in the street with a knife. Ybarra said he called police on another occasion for that reason.

From Bay City News:

A Dublin police officer shot a suspect Friday morning around 9:30 a.m. on a residential street in the 7500 block of Frederiksen Lane, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

The suspect, a 28-year-old man, was apparently alive and talking after the shooting, and the officer was uninjured, Sgt. J.D. Nelson said. The suspect, who was shot in the arm, was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.

There is a school nearby, Frederiksen Elementary on Tamarack Drive, but Nelson said the shooting did not involve the school in any way.

Patch will update this story as we get more information.

Editor's Note: Frederiksen Lane and Frederiksen Lane Court were blocked off most of the day during the investigation.

The last officer involved shooting in Dublin was in April 2011, when a police officer shot and killed a transient who attacked and beat her.

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