Overview
- Police say officers responded to multiple calls about a man with a machete near Saviers Road and Pleasant Valley Road and found him inside a store.
- Officers gave repeated commands to drop the weapon, the man did not comply, and an officer-involved shooting followed.
- The man was taken into custody and transported to Ventura County Medical Center, where he is listed in critical but stable condition.
- The Oxnard Police Major Crimes Unit and the Ventura County District Attorney are conducting a joint investigation, and the officer is on administrative leave.
- Body-camera video captured the encounter and will be released later, identities have not been made public, and detectives asked witnesses to contact Detective Adam Aguilar.