ANDERSON SPRINGS, Calif. – County law enforcement officials are investigating an incident that occurred on Thursday morning involving a fight between a male subject and officers that led to the discharge of an officer's sidearm.
No one was injured in the shooting incident, which occurred at around 11 a.m. On Rose Anderson Road in Anderson Springs, according to radio reports.
On the scene Thursday afternoon at the home, located in the 11000 block of Rose Anderson Road, were investigators with the Lake County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol and the District Attorney's Office.
Officials at the scene would offer few details other than to confirm that a shooting had occurred alongside a nearby creek.
District Attorney Don Anderson said his agency is involved in the investigation.
“We are the ones doing the criminal investigation into it,” said Anderson on Thursday afternoon after he returned from the scene.
A sheriff's deputy and a CHP officer had gone to the location on a civil standby and became involved in a fight with the subject at the scene, according to Anderson.
“Our officer was called as cover, as a backup unit,” CHP Officer Joe Wind told Lake County News.
Wind said on Thursday afternoon that he didn't yet have many details on the shooting incident.
“We still have everybody up there” at the location, he said.
Anderson said the subject wouldn't follow the officer's commands and ended up in a physical altercation with the deputy and the CHP officer.
Anderson said the subject attempted to grab the CHP officer's sidearm.
Based on the evidence so far, Anderson said it appeared that the gun went off accidentally during the struggle.
Wind confirmed that based on the details he had available, the shooting did appear to be a matter of the gun going off in the midst of the fight.
No one was hit, Anderson said. Wind confirmed the CHP officer was OK.
The suspect subsequently was hit with a Taser three times, Anderson said.
“And he still fought,” Anderson said.
The man later was transported to the hospital, Anderson said.
Radio reports indicated that the man, said to be in his 30s, was handcuffed facedown in the back of an ambulance during transport to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, where he remained in the emergency room Thursday afternoon. He was being treated for a minor cut that resulted from the physical fight with officers.
Anderson said investigators would probably remain on scene until late Thursday night, as they were still obtaining search warrants for the property and home.
Sheriff's Lt. Steve Brooks said late Thursday afternoon that he didn't have any details that he could provide at that point, with the investigation ongoing.
Additional details will be posted as they become available.
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