Overview
- Deputies responded to a report of a person with a knife in an unincorporated area of Lancaster and a deputy was stabbed during contact with the suspect.
- Following the assault, deputies fired at the suspect who was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead.
- The wounded deputy was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and has not been publicly identified.
- The Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau and the department’s Internal Affairs unit opened parallel investigations and the Los Angeles County district attorney will review whether charges are warranted.
- Sheriff Robert Luna praised the deputy’s expected recovery, the department is seeking public tips, and key details about who fired and the identities of those involved have not been released.