A man allegedly armed with a knife was fatally shot Thursday by at least one Orange County sheriff’s deputy in the Lake Forest area.
The shooting occurred about 2:45 a.m. in the 24000 block of Calle Vecindad, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
The suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to an area hospital and underwent surgery, but was pronounced dead at 10:15 a.m., said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s department.
Deputies went to the location shortly before midnight on a report that a truck had crashed into parked vehicles on a residential street, and the driver was refusing to get out of the truck, according to the sheriff’s department.
“When deputies arrived, they located a man locked in a dark-colored truck with a knife,” sheriff’s officials said in a statement.
“The deputies were able to call the man’s cell phone, and for almost three hours, deputies and the OC Sheriff’s Crisis Negotiations Team talked with the man,” the statement said. “At approximately 2:45 a.m., the man exited the vehicle holding the knife and charged at deputies,” prompting the shooting.
The man was shot multiple times, and a knife was recovered at the scene, the sheriff’s department reported.