BREAKING NEWS:

Newport Beach police officers shot and killed a man who apparently tried to run them down with his car early Friday morning.

Officers attempted to stop Jason Richard Bissonnette, 38, of Huntington Beach shortly before 1 a.m., believing he was driving under the influence, Newport Beach Police Sgt. Evan Sailor said. When the driver refused to yield near Jamboree Road and Coast Highway, police pursued him to a residential neighborhood in east Costa Mesa, where he became trapped in a cul-de-sac.

The driver then drove toward officers and rammed one of their cars with his vehicle, damaging the car.

The officers, Sailor said, opened fire on Bissonnette and struck him multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Costa Mesa paramedics. The shooting occurred near Aliso Avenue and Cambridge Circle.

Sailor said he did not believe Bissonnette, the sole occupant of his vehicle, had any weapons inside the car.

“The perceived threat was from the vehicle itself,” Sailor said. “I don’t know if he had any weapons or what was in the vehicle.”

No officers, he added, were hurt during the confrontation.

MICHAEL MILLER may be reached at (714) 966-4617 or at michael.miller@latimes.com .