A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department employee was detained in connection with a shooting that left a person injured in Santa Clarita Tuesday.
Deputies responded at about 7:24 a.m. to the 25400 block of Plaza Escovar in Valencia on reports of the shooting, according to Deputy Tina Schrader of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
The victim was taken to a hospital in unknown condition.
The employee, who was on pre-approved leave at the time of the shooting, “was involved and is currently being detained pending further investigation,” Schrader said.
The employee’s position with the department was not shared by the department.
It was not immediately clear what led up to the shooting.