Officer-Involved Shooting in Mendota

Mendota, CA, USA Fresno county sheriff's investigators say a man armed with an axe and pruning shears was threatening residents.

When deputies arrived they say the man charged at them and one officer opened fire striking the suspect in the arm. Investigators say the man ran away and hid in the crawl space of a vacant apartment.

He was captured after a forty-five minute standoff and taken to the hospital. Charges in this case are pending.

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