NEW VIDEO Salinas PD: Officers shoot man with weapon at Safeway store

UPDATE (2/2/19 1:15 P.M.) : The Salinas Police Department tells KION the suspect is a 37 year old Hispanic man. He is still in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. According to police Commander Matt Maldonado they are still waiting to hear from the hospital about if the suspect can be released today, as previously expected.

In a Facebook post early Sunday morning, the Salinas Police Department wrote that dispatchers received a call about a man pointing a gun at customers, at the Safeway on Constitution Boulevard. Five officers responded to the scene.

Maldonado says officers opened fire because the suspect was reaching for a gun.

The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office is now handling the investigation. All five Salinas Police officers were wearing body cameras and, according to Salinas PD, the video is being saved as evidence for the DA Office investigation.

After the suspect is released, he will be booked into the Monterey County Jail. He is facing seven counts of brandishing a replica firearm, resisting arrest, probation violation, and possession of methamphetamine.

This is a developing story.

INITIAL REPORT (2/1/19):

Salinas Police officers have shot a man wielding a weapon at a Safeway store on Constitution Boulevard, according to Police Chief Adele Frese. Video of the shooting was posted on social media.

Chief Frese tells KION Newschannel 546 that her officers tried to negotiate with the man in both English and Spanish before opening fire at around 10:45pm Friday.

No officer, nor anyone in the area was injured. But the man was taken to the hospital. His condition is not known at this hour.

This is a developing story. KION will continue to update it as new information becomes available.