Orange County deputies responding to a report of a residential burglary in progress early Wednesday fatally shot a woman holding a gun, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The shooting occurred around 1 a.m. in the community of Lake Forest.
“Deputies gave numerous commands to the woman to drop the gun, and a deputy-involved shooting occurred,” the department said in a social media post.
The woman was pronounced dead at a hospital. The department said she was in her late 20s but her name was not released.
The department released a photo of a handgun lying on the ground at the scene.
The department said in a statement that deputies reached out to homeowners where the burglary was reported and were told they didn’t call for assistance. It appears the call may have been placed by the woman from a cell phone, though it was not immediately clear why, the statement said.
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