Man shot by sheriff’s deputies in Avocado Heights, LASD says

A man was hospitalized Sunday after being struck by deputy gunfire in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Avocado Heights.

The man was shot around 5:50 p.m. near a Jack in the Box restaurant along Workman Mill Road, according to the LA County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies rendered aid to the man before he was transported to a hospital in unknown condition.

Details on what led up to the shooting were not immediately available. It’s unclear what prompted the gunfire…

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