OWYHEE COUNTY, Idaho — One man is dead after being shot by an Owyhee County Sheriff's Office deputy in Bruneau early Sunday morning.
The Sheriff's Office says dispatch was notified of an "unwanted intoxicated male" at a Bruneau residence. The Office says when the deputy arrived, the man was "brandishing a rifle" and did not comply with "numerous commands" to drop the weapon.
The Sheriff's Office says shots were then fired, and the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The deputy was not injured.
The Critical Incident Task Force is investigating the shooting death.
