How to resolve AdBlock issue? The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday near the Clearlake Oaks Dollar General store, located at 13090 E. State Highway 20, according to Lt. Corey Paulich.
Paulich on Sunday said the deputy involved was Wesley Besgrove.
The name of the man who was shot and died at the scene is not being released pending notification of next of kin, Paulich said.
It was in the Dollar General parking lot that Paulich said Besgrove and the male subject – who was reported to have been armed with a knife – came into contact.
Paulich said the altercation between the deputy and man ended in a creek bed just west of the Dollar General.
The reason for the contact, number of shots fired and where the male subject was struck is all part of the ongoing investigation that Paulich said is being conducted by the Lake County District Attorney’s Office under the auspices of the county’s critical incident protocol.
Paulich said Besgrove had several injuries related to the altercation including a fractured leg, head contusion and bite marks.
Besgrove was treated and released at Adventist Health Clear Lake, Paulich said.
Paulich said Besgrove was the only deputy at the scene during this incident.
Paulich told Lake County News that Besgrove has been employed by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office for four years. Three of those years were spent in corrections, and he’s been on patrol as a deputy a little over a year.
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