D.C. police officers on Tuesday shot and killed a man they say was charging at them wielding knives.

Around 11 a.m., officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a home in the 5100 block of Sherier Place NW in the Palisades neighborhood. A man had threatened to damage vehicles at that location, Executive Assistant Chief Andre Wright said during a news conference .

The man left the area before officers arrived, but returned shortly after noon as officers were speaking to witnesses and finishing their report.

Wright said that when the man came back to the scene, he was carrying two knives and behaving irrationally. Officers immediately began yelling at the man to drop the knives and cooperate with them.

“The subject began to run around, very erratic, and never obeyed any

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