CORONA, Calif. (KABC) -- An assault suspect was killed in a police shooting outside an Applebee's restaurant in Corona, police said.

According to the Corona Police Department, dispatchers received a call just after midnight about a man swinging a crowbar at vehicles near a shopping center at McKinley Street and Promenade Avenue.

When officers arrived, they found the man armed with a metal iron.

"The subject refused multiple commands to drop his weapon and an officer involved shooting subsequently occurred," said the police department in a press release. "The subject was struck by gunfire and despite life saving measures he was pronounced deceased at the scene."

Police said the suspect also hit a driver inside a vehicle. The driver sustained moderate injuries, according to police.

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