Tustin police were investigating what prompted an off-duty sheriff’s deputy to fatally shoot a woman at her residence before sunrise Friday.
Police were called at 5:22 a.m. Friday to a home in the 13000 block of Tustin East Drive, where the unidentified woman sustained gunshot wounds, according to Tustin police.
Police did not release any further details and were exploring every possibility for what prompted the shooting, Tustin Police Department Lt. Sarah Fetterling said.
The victim was taken to Orange County Global Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Carrie Braun said Tustin police notified sheriff’s officials about the shooting involving an off-duty deputy sheriff.
“The involved deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave,” Braun said.
Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner said the woman who was killed worked for the OC Health Care Agency. Her work involved inmates just booked into the jail system, Wagner said.
It appears the deputy and the woman lived together and may have mistook her roommate as an intruder, Wagner said.