Deputy kills knife-wielding restaurateur CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

A man shot and killed by a Contra Costa County sheriff's deputy near Martinez was a restaurant manager who had duct-taped a knife to his wrist, authorities said Friday.

Roger McComb, 46, manager at the restaurant Esin on Camino Ramon in Danville, was shot outside his home on Rutherford Lane near the junction of Interstate 680 and Highway 4 at about 8:20 p.m. Thursday.

Deputies went to the unincorporated area in response to a call from someone that there was a man with a knife.

Two deputies spotted McComb and ordered him to drop the knife, but he refused and continued to walk toward them, authorities said. One of the deputies fired several shots at McComb, striking him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

McComb had taped the knife to his wrist, sheriff's Capt. Dan Terry said, and had a number of self-inflicted cuts to his other arm.

"They were not superficial wounds. They were significant injuries," Terry said.

McComb left a note in his house "indicating that he no longer had a will to live," Terry said.

The incident is being reviewed by sheriff's investigators and the district attorney's office. The unidentified deputy was placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure.