By Thomas Duff For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 07:13 BST, 25 May 2019 | Updated: 07:20 BST, 25 May 2019
A 20-year-old man was killed by police on Saturday morning after getting out of a car armed with a knife.
The man called police about 9am threatening self harm. A single officer was sent to a home on Tapleys Hill Road in Seaton, Adelaide, in response.
As the officer approached the home, the man was seen leaving in a silver Mercedes sedan with two women.
The policeman followed the trio, and when he pulled the car over, the 20-year-old emerged from the front passenger seat, wielding a knife.
The officer shot the man in the chest, causing injuries that would prove fatal.
Police allege they received a call from the man, 20, at 9am who threatened to self-harm and an officer travelled to the home in Tapleys Hill Road in Seaton, Adelaide's west. The officer