Sheriff's deputy killed in central California while serving eviction notice

A man fatally shot a central California sheriff’s deputy Thursday morning as he was being served an eviction notice.

PORTERVILLE, Calif. — A man fatally shot a central California sheriff’s deputy Thursday morning as he was being served an eviction notice, prompting an hourslong standoff that ended with authorities fatally running him over with a vehicle after he fled the home.

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Tulare County deputies were serving the notice to 60-year-old man in Porterville when he opened fire on them, the sheriff’s department said. Porterville is about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the state’s Central Valley.

The man barricaded himself inside the home with a rifle for several hours. At one point, authorities deployed gas into the home as the man continued to fire at law enforcement. The standoff ended around 6 p.m. when the man left the home and moved through the yards of nearby homes, Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said at an evening news conference.