OCEANSIDE -- A 29-year-old parolee fatally shot by officers Saturday night wrestled with them and threatened to use a gun on the officers before they fired at him, police said Sunday.

Oceanside resident Siaki Ramon Del Rio died after police said he led officers on a brief car chase that ended when he crashed and struggled with three officers.

Sgt. Leonard Mata said Del Rio carried a loaded handgun at the time of the shooting that was later found in his clothes; Mata could not say Sunday night who found the gun. A passenger in the vehicle with Del Rio was not hurt, he said.

Court records show that Del Rio was involved in from four to eight prior criminal cases from 1996-2001; details were unavailable Sunday.

The pursuit began on Big Bend Way at about 6:29 p.m., after the officers attempted to stop a man, later identified as Del Rio, who they recognized as being wanted for a felony warrant, the sergeant said.

Del Rio, who Mata said was considered armed and dangerous, allegedly took off. Mata said a chase ensued for about four minutes and ended less than two miles away, when the suspect crashed into a shed and chain-link fence at a mobile home park in the 200 block of North El Camino Real.

Del Rio refused to comply with officers' orders and resisted "violently" when they wrestled with him in an attempt to take him into custody near the vehicle, Mata said. In a news release, Mata said that Del Rio told the officers he had a gun and threatened to use it "as they struggled to gain control of him."

Each of the officers fired their weapons; Del Rio was pronounced dead at the scene, the sergeant said.

One officer injured his shoulder during the confrontation, but he did not need to be hospitalized, Mata said. The other two officers were not hurt.

Police would not release the officers' names Sunday. They are on regularly scheduled days off and have not returned to duty, he said.

Del Rio's passenger was questioned and released, Mata said.

Several residents who live near where the shooting took place recalled police activity the night before. The area -- which is just north of Mission Avenue and is made up largely of mobile home communities for seniors and apartment complexes -- was quiet Sunday afternoon.

"Oh, I heard it. … It was loud," George Chapman said of the gunfire and commotion. "I knew there was a chase. I knew something happened."

Chapman said he heard from six to eight shots, some coming in rapid fire, and at first thought it was rival gunmen shooting at each other.

The shooting was the latest of several violent incidents reported in the area. According to police, a man was stabbed in the face on Fredricks Avenue in May after allegedly attempting to sexually assault a female acquaintance. A month earlier, a drive-by shooting in the same location left three people injured, while a shooting in March at Fireside Park left another man injured.

Del Rio is survived by his wife, Diana, an investigator for the county medical examiner's office said. Efforts to contact Del Rio's family were unsuccessful Sunday.

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