LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man shot fatally by a deputy sheriff during a confrontation in Clearlake Oaks on Saturday night.

Craig Ellis See, 34, of Lower Lake, was the man who died after being shot by Deputy Wesley Besgrove, according to Lt. Corey Paulich.

Paulich said the sheriff’s office has had minimal contact with See for theft and trespass issues.

See was identified as a suspect in an assault with a firearm case earlier this month, Paulich said.

Authorities said that See and Besgrove became involved in an altercation shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Clearlake Oaks Dollar General store. Reports from the scene said See was armed with a knife.

Paulich said previously that the altercation ended in a creek bed just west of the Dollar General.

See died of his injuries at the scene. Besgrove was treated at Adventist Health Clear Lake for injuries including a fractured leg, head contusion and bite marks, according to Paulich.

Besgrove has been a patrol deputy for a year, working three years in corrections previous to that, Paulich said.

Paulich said Besgrove has been placed on administrative leave, as is protocol in such incidents.

Authorities have so far not given more details about the fight between See and Besgrove or how many times See was shot.

The Lake County District Attorney’s Office is leading the investigation of the incident, which is its responsibility under the county’s critical incident protocol.

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