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An officer was hurt Monday while chasing a suspect, who was shot and killed by police in north Sacramento after a confrontation, according to the Sacramento Police Department.The incident began about 9:25 a.m. near Del Paso Boulevard and Edgewater Road.Neighbors who live off Southgate Road said they saw a man in his 50s or 60s, possibly with a gun in his waistband, going through their apartment complex flashing a knife and acting erratically, Sgt. Bryce Heinlein said. Several reports of the same man were called in to 911.Witnesses said they saw the man throwing a knife in the air repeatedly. When one resident told the man they had called police, Melissa Gudis said he pulled out a handgun."He was like 'I’m the law' and then he pulled out the gun. That’s how we definitely knew he had the gun,” Gudis said. “When he started doing all the things he was doing, it got pretty scary.”An officer in his vehicle saw the man at a nearby intersection. Police said the man charged at the patrol vehicle with the knife above his head. The officer locked his car doors, and the suspect began circling the vehicle, Heinlein said.A second officer arrived, and the man ran west toward businesses.One officer was injured as he was getting out of his vehicle to run after the man, Heinlein said. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.During the chase, the man did not comply with officers' commands, and police said as officers were running after him he turned back toward officers and raised his knife, police said.Two officers fired their weapons, hitting the suspect. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Heinlein said. The officers have more than 25 years of experience with the Sacramento Police Department, police said.One witness reported hearing about 10 to 15 shots.The man's identity has not been released. The Sacramento County Coroner's Office will release his identity after next of kin is notified.Del Paso Boulevard reopened about 6 p.m. after it was shut down from Southgate Road to Arden Way. A bus bridge was put in place and Regional Transit light rail was stopped in the area but has reopened.No additional information has been released.___KCRA 3's Kevin Oliver contributed to this story.