A man in his 30s was shot and wounded by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies Monday during a confrontation in Diamond Bar.
According to LASD, the man was involved in a confrontation with his mother in their home, a woman in her 60s. He then stabbed his mother once in the back with a sharp object. It was not clear if the object was a knife.
Deputies responded to the location near the 2900 block of Crooked Creek Drive at about 11:30 a.m. in the community east of Los Angeles after a report of a man wearing body armor and firing rounds with a rifle, City News Service reported.
The man walked down Crooked Creek Drive, towards Diamond Bar Boulevard holding an AR-15 style rifle, shooting rounds into the air, LASD said.
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Details about what happened after deputies arrived were not immediately available, but the man was hospitalized with gunshot wounds, the sheriff's department said.
The man's mother was also hospitalized for her stab wound.
There were no reports of injuries to deputies. Drivers were asked to avoid the area.
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