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A deputy arrived and the man left the store and began making threats toward himself and the deputy, Tony said.
The man was told to drop the knife, but instead he ran toward the deputy, the sheriff said.
The deputy then fired several rounds, hitting the man, Tony said.
“The deputy backed away as a tactical maneuver to try to deescalate,” Tony said. He said the shots came as the deputy tried to defend himself.
“I can tell you that an individual armed with a knife we do not train individual deputies to respond with a lesser use of force. A taser is a lesser use of force. In that case, a knife is deadly force,” Tony said.