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Watch: Body Cam Footage Shows Deputy Shot In Ear Before Fatally Shooting Teen

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This happened in Merced County, California.

Officials say that deputies lost sight of one of the suspects, identified as 17-year-old Jonathan Daniel Diaz-Duarte, who had taken off into a neighboring apartment complex, carrying what officials believed to be an AR-15 rifle.

Deputy captured on video telling him several times to stop running, and to drop his weapon.

The sheriff’s office says Diaz-Duarte fired a single shot, hitting the deputy in the ear.

The deputy is also seen on video opening fire, striking Diaz-Duarte three times as he falls to the ground.

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