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By Jennifer Henderson and Dakin Andone, CNN
Updated 4:07 PM ET, Sun December 20, 2020
Ernie Serrano died last week after an altercation with Riverside County Sheriff s deputies. (CNN)A California man died last week after he was arrested at a Jurupa Valley store, where the local sheriff s department says he tried to grab a security guard s gun during an altercation.
According to a statement by the Riverside County Sheriff s Department, deputies responded Tuesday evening to an alleged assault with a deadly weapon in the store on Mission Boulevard and found the suspect, 33-year-old Ernie Serrano, fighting with a security guard.
The statement says Serrano tried to take the guard s firearm at one point during the incident. Deputies tried to detain Serrano, who continued fighting with the deputies and did not comply with their commands. At that time, a use of force occurred, the statement says.