Man shot, killed after shooting at deputies in western N.C., sheriff says

Deputies shot and killed a man in Transylvania County Sunday after authorities said he fired a gun at deputies responding to a welfare call.

The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a Pizza Hut on Pisgah Highway in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina. Pisgah Forest sits about 30 miles south of Asheville.

The State Bureau of Investigation identified 30-year-old Raul Alberto Rivera as the man killed in the shooting. He died at the scene, the sheriff’s office said…

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