Off-duty Orange County sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots allegedly armed man in Riverside County

An off-duty Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy shot and killed a man who was allegedly armed and intoxicated near in Riverside County on Friday.

It happened at around 8:15 p.m. near Holy Jim Trail and Main Divide Road near Santiago Peak, which is located in the Santa Ana Mountains and runs between both Orange and Riverside counties, according to a news release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies from RSO’s Lake Mathews Sheriff’s Station learned that the “off-duty deputy had been approached by an adult male, who appeared to be under the influence, and was armed with a firearm,” the release said…

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