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Deputy Shoots Suspect on Alleged Rampage in Bodega Bay, California

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Police said they arrived at the scene in Bodega Bay to find victims needing urgent medical help.

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A sheriff’s deputy responding to a report of a man assaulting people in Sonoma County, California, shot the suspect when he attacked police, authorities said. The chaotic incident unfolded around 8:10 p.m. Thursday in a housing subdivision in Bodega Bay. Details were sketchy, but when police arrived they discovered the suspect had stolen a vehicle and numerous victims needed “urgent medical help,” according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's office. “The suspect then assaulted the peace officers, and a deputy shot him,” the police statement said. “The suspects and multiple victims were transported to local hospitals by air and ground ambulances.”

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