News reporting man shot, killed, by police at yesterday’s U.S. Open of Surfing was armed and noncompliant, bystanders describe hail of gunfire: “We started hearing pop, pop, pop. I thought it was fireworks, that’s how many rounds there were.”

The incident is under investigation.

Yesterday, late afternoon and toward the very end of the U.S. Open of Surfing’s penultimate day, news began circulating that a person was shot near the south side of Huntington Beach’s pier. Details were scant but the World Surf League quickly released a statement that all “athletes and staff” were accounted for and that it was “an isolated incident.”

This morning, multiple news outlets are reporting that the person was a male, that he was armed and, according to officers, “noncompliant.”

The shooting, which occurred at 3:15 pm, according to Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Carey, was in response to calls from bystanders who described a “suspicious man with a gun” at the beach. Contact was made with the suspect south of the pier, he did not comply with their commands and was shot.

Hector Tovar, who lives nearby, told The Orange County Register, “We started hearing pop, pop, pop. I thought it was fireworks, that’s how many rounds there were.”

Others described the same “fireworks” to The Los Angeles Times.

Many witnessed the shooting.

Police say lifesaving measures were attempted before the wounded man was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, and that a gun was recovered at the scene.

The incident is now being investigated by the Orange County Sheriffs Department.

Finals Day of the U.S. Open will take place as scheduled.