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 around 2:12 a.m. of an "unwanted intoxicated male" at a residence on the 28000 block of Hyde Street in Bruneau.
Police say that 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 involved in the incident has been placed on paid administrative leave while the Critical Incident Task Force investigates the death.
