RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) - Orange County sheriff’s officials say a man who had stabbed himself several times was fatally shot by deputies inside a home.
Lt. Jeff Hallock says deputies responded Tuesday afternoon after receiving calls that a man was trying to kill himself in Rancho Santa Margarita.
Hallock says deputies found the man with “multiple self-inflicted stab wounds.”
Officials say the shooting occurred during an encounter inside the home. Further details were not immediately available.
The Orange County Register reports (https://bit.ly/1A04OuP ) 40-year-old Alec Ouzounian died at a hospital.
No deputies were injured.
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