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Man dead in Tehachapi following officer-involved shooting

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TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — A man is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Tehachapi on Thursday evening, November 3rd. The shooting took place around 6:40 p.m. at the Willow Springs Mobile Home Park on Tehachapi Boulevard.

According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office (KCSO), officers were responding to a domestic disturbance involving a man with a knife when a deputy opened fire after the man confronted them. That man died at the scene.

Another man was found with non-life-threatening stab wounds. An ambulance took him to a local hospital.

The KCSO said that homicide detectives have now assumed this investigation.



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