Bodycam shows San Diego Sheriff's shooting a man armed with a scoped rifle in the leg and lower body
By: The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has released body camera video following a deputy-involved shooting in Fallbrook last Friday.
The incident began Friday morning just after 1 a.m. when the department received a call from a woman who said her husband “was despondent and threatening suicide” at their home on the 4900 block of Lilac Road.
“As deputies drove to the call, the female reported the male had another firearm and locked himself in a bedroom. She additionally reported there were children in the residence,” the department said.
After arriving, deputies were gathering information when the man came out from behind the home armed with a rifle.
“Both deputies began to give the male commands. However, the male continued to advance towards the deputies and his wife as he pointed the rifle towards them,” the department said. “At this point, one deputy fired his department issued rifle multiple times, striking the suspect in the leg and lower body.
The man, identified as Jorge Alberto, 41, was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries before being arrested for brandishing a firearm in the presence of a police officer and spousal abuse.
The deputy involved in the shooting was also identified as Evan McCormick, a 15-year veteran of the department.
San Diego Police are handling the investigation.