{"id":93820,"date":"2020-06-11T14:16:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T21:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=93820"},"modified":"2020-06-12T05:42:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T12:42:24","slug":"man-killed-in-deputy-involved-shooting-in-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/06\/11\/man-killed-in-deputy-involved-shooting-in-lancaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed in deputy-involved shooting in Lancaster [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_93824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93824\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93824\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lancaster-DIS-6.11.2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lancaster-DIS-6.11.2020.jpg 864w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lancaster-DIS-6.11.2020-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lancaster-DIS-6.11.2020-768x412.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shooting happened around 5:25 a.m. in the 600 block of West Avenue H-12, where deputies were sent on a report of a domestic violence incident in progress. [Image by ANTHONY CHEVAL]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER &#8211; A domestic violence suspect who allegedly tried to gain control of a deputy&#8217;s handgun during a struggle in Lancaster was killed Thursday in a deputy-involved shooting, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened around 5:25 a.m. Thursday, June 11, in the 600 block of West Avenue H-12, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/8052014\/?sub_id=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news release from the Sheriff&#8217;s Information Bureau.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lancaster Station deputies responded to the location regarding a domestic violence in progress call for service. When deputies arrived, they made contact with the suspect inside the location and attempted to detain him for a domestic violence investigation,&#8221; the news release states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The suspect refused to comply with the deputy&#8217;s orders, and an altercation between the deputies and the suspect ensued. During the altercation, the suspect reached down and attempted to gain control of one of the deputy&#8217;s firearm. It was at that time when a deputy-involved shooting occurred,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s news release states.<\/p>\n<p>The wounded man, about 60, died at the hospital. His name is being withheld pending notification of his next of kin.<\/p>\n<p>No deputies were injured during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing and no further information was immediately released.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE<\/span>: The deceased man has been identified by family members as 61-year-old Michael L. Thomas. His family spoke to the media to dispute the LASD&#8217;s account of what happened. Read the story at: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/06\/11\/family-disputes-lasds-account-of-deputy-involved-shooting-in-lancaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Family disputes LASD\u2019s account of deputy-involved shooting in Lancaster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_93823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93823\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93823\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lancaster-DIS-6.11.2020-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lancaster-DIS-6.11.2020-1.jpg 864w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lancaster-DIS-6.11.2020-1-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lancaster-DIS-6.11.2020-1-768x443.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[ANTHONY CHEVAL]<\/figcaption><\/figure>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A domestic violence suspect who allegedly tried to gain control of a deputy&#8217;s handgun during a struggle in Lancaster was killed Thursday in a deputy-involved shooting, authorities said. The shooting happened around 5:25 a.m. Thursday, June 11, in the 600 block of West Avenue H-12, according to a news release from the Sheriff&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}