An armed man was shot multiple times by a San Diego County Sheriff's deputy at a home in Fallbrook early Friday, the San Diego Police Department said.
The man's wife initially called 911 at about 1 a.m. to report her husband was making threats to harm himself, was armed and a 5-year-old and 9-year-old child were present, SDPD Lt. Steve Shebloski said.
Sheriff's deputies arrived at the home on the 4900 block of White Lilac Road. The wife went outside to speak to the responding deputies when the husband walked outside armed with a scoped rifle, Shebloski said.
The man continued to walk toward the deputies and the wife pointing the rifle at them. Deputies gave the man commands and when he did not comply, one deputy fired his weapon striking the suspect in the leg and lower body. The man then dropped the weapon and deputies were able to take him into custody in a nearby ambulance, Shebloski said.
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The man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
No deputies were injured. The wife suffered minor injuries and the children were not harmed.
The man was arrested for brandishing a firearm in the presence of a peace officer and spousal abuse.
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The Sheriff's department did not provide any other details.
When a shooting involving a law enforcement officer occurs, an outside law enforcement agency is called in to investigate. In this case, the San Diego Police Department will conduct an investigation into the sheriff's department shooting to determine if any policies were violated.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
No other information was available.
