Deputies Shoot Allegedly Knife-Wielding Man in Lake Forest Area

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LAKE FOREST (CNS) - A man allegedly armed with a knife was shot today by at least one Orange County sheriff's deputy in the Lake Forest area.

The shooting occurred about 2:45 a.m. Thursday in the 24000 block of Calle Vecindad, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

The man was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, the sheriff's department reported. His name was not immediately released.

Deputies went to the location shortly before midnight on a report that a truck had crashed into parked vehicles on a residential street, and the driver was refusing to get out of the truck, according to the sheriff's department.

``When deputies arrived, they located a man locked in a dark-colored truck with a knife,'' sheriff's officials said in a statement.

``The deputies were able to call the man's cell phone, and for almost three hours, deputies and the OC Sheriff's Crisis Negotiations Team talked with the man,'' the statement said. ``At approximately 2:45 a.m., the man exited the vehicle holding the knife and charged at deputies,'' prompting the shooting.

The man was shot multiple times, and a knife was recovered at the scene, the sheriff's department reported.


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