Deputy fires one round, misses suspect in Lakeside shooting

A single round fired by a sheriff’s deputy during a call for service in Lakeside on Wednesday missed the suspect, but the man was still taken to a hospital for evaluation, investigators said.

The shooting occurred shortly after deputies received a call from a family member about a possible overdose on Briette Place just north of Interstate 8 around 10:30 a.m., sheriff’s Lt. Christopher Tivanian told Sideo TV.

When deputies arrived, they did not find the person at the home whom the welfare check was originally about, Tivanian said. A short time later, deputies near the scene found a person matching the man’s description a few streets over on Pinkard Way.

“When they encountered the individual, he told deputies that he was armed with a handgun,” Tivanian said. “He was directed to keep his hands visible. He did not.”

Tivanian said the man then reached for his waistband behind his back, and a deputy fired a single shot in the man’s direction. The bullet missed, and the man fled from deputies.

Deputies pursued and detained him after a brief altercation, Tivanian said.

He was taken to a hospital for evaluation, Tivanian said. The extent of the man’s injuries was not immediately known.

A firearm belonging to the man had not been located at the scene as of Wednesday afternoon.

No other information was immediately available.

San Diego police homicide detectives are investigating the shooting under the countywide agreemen...