A suicidal Moreno Valley man threatened a sheriff’s deputy with a knife and was shot and wounded, a sergeant said today.
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Dispatchers received a call at 10:30 p.m. Saturday about the unidentified man his roommate said cut his arms during a suicide attempt. They went to the 24000 block of Fir Avenue, Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Lisa McConnell said.
Deputies coaxed the distraught man to come out of a locked bathroom. When he did, and dropped the knife as ordered, the man suddenly bent down and grabbed the knife. He allegedly raised the knife above his head and threatened the deputies, McConnell said.
The man then walked toward the deputies and was shot once. Paramedics took the injured man to a local hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening gunshot wound and self-inflicted lacerations, McConnell said.
Sheriff’s authorities have not been able to positively identified the suicidal man, McConnell said.
The deputy who opened fire was placed on paid administrative leave. The sergeant said the investigation was ongoing.
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