RAW VIDEO: 1 in custody after trying to jump fence of Lancaster home. Neighborhood on lockdown in connection with deputy-involved shooting. pic.twitter.com/Q8rIPOpfPh
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) October 5, 2016
LANCASTER, CA — A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sergeant was shot Wednesday afternoon, prompting a manhunt for the gunman.
The scene is near 3240 West Avenue J 6.
According to CBS-LA, the wounded Deputy was rushed to Antelope Valley Hospital–condition unknown.
Antelope Valley College ordered students to shelter in place.It was not immediately clear what led up to the shooting.
A suspect was later apprehended by SWAT officers after surrendering in a resident’s backyard.
Update:
LANCASTER, Calif. (KABC) –– A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sergeant died after being shot during a deputy-involved shooting in Lancaster, authorities said.
The department identified him as Steve Owen, 53, a 29-year veteran of the department who had spent the last five years at the Lancaster Station.
Owen and another deputy had responded to a burglary call around noon in the 3200 block of West Avenue J7, sheriff’s officials said. The area was contained and during the containment gunfire was heard in the back of the location.
The deputy at the front of the complex ran in the direction of the gunfire and found Owen suffering from a gunshot wound. The suspect then fled the area on foot, ran to the front of the home and attempted to steal Owen’s patrol car, according to authorities.