Updated at 7:52 a.m.
Also see: Suspect in Standoff Found Dead of Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Two sheriff's deputies were wounded in a shooting Wednesday in Encinitas, where the gunman was believed to be holed up in a house.
Shots were fired in the 700 block of Del Rio Avenue, near Leucadia Boulevard, shortly after 3:30 p.m. as deputies searched for an auto theft suspect, according to the sheriff's department.
Members of the sheriff's Special Enforcement Detail were summoned to the area and had the place surrounded late this afternoon.
Patrol deputies were sent to the area about 1 p.m. on a report of a stolen vehicle, but could not immediately find the suspect. When deputies returned to the 700 block of Del Rio Avenue and tried to approach the suspect, they were fired on, sheriff's officials said.
One deputy was initially taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas with a leg wound, and was later transferred to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla where he underwent surgery, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore told reporters.
The other deputy was hospitalized with a glancing head wound and had been treated. It was unknown if he would be released tonight or kept overnight, according to Gore.
"Hopefully they'll both make full recoveries," Gore said.
Both deputies' family members were at the hospital. Neither deputy's name was released.
Homes south of Del Rio Avenue were evacuated as a precaution, sheriff's officials said. Del Rio Avenue was closed west of Leucadia and south of Saxony Road. A sheriff's helicopter flew overhead and its crew made announcements, authorities said. Carlsbad police personnel also assisted with the SWAT call.
Sheriff's officials were advising the public to avoid the 700 block of Del Rio Avenue.
Stay with Patch for more information as it becomes available.
Perfectly stated!
The poster you responded to mentioned a troubled person shouldn't have a gun. You followed with some illogical thought about your own danger and gun collection. Maybe you just like to argue even though you agree. Again, how do you know the person you quoted ISN'T on the streets doing something about it or even better, focusing on being a good parent or family member. How does his posting online draw your criticism that he lacks action, when your post assumes your high horse is sturdy. Pretty sad when you pick up on your own hypocrisy before I do, yet don't correct it. Can only assume your ego is to large to allow you to think you might be wrong.
I stand by my original statement. If that poor kid had only had a knife, none of this insane inflation of police resources would have been necessary. So, yes, I hold the NRA responsible for perpetuating illogical arguments about gun rights and for gross misinterpretation and misrepresentation of the Second Amendment. We want our mentally unstable, suicidal citizens to have knives, perhaps baseball bats, not guns. The instrument is the problem – otherwise, why shouldn't we all have the right to our own nuclear weapon?
Ironic how our society won't tolerate Biblical Principles- God repeated EIGHT TIMES*: "LOVE your NEIGHBOR as YOURSELF" Jesus said it SUMS Up the ENTIRE LAW. It's NATURAL to love ourselves- WHAT has happened to a society where kids are killing themselves at a progressive rate? This has NOTHING to do with the President- We're a society who won't tolerate TRUTH which SAVES us... and we're reaping the consequences. Time to get back to Biblical Principles before we completely destroy ourselves. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that this ain't working! * Matthew 19:19, 22:39, Mark 12:31, Luke 10:27, Romans 13:9, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8, AND ALSO in the Old Testament: Leviticus 19:18.
You probably already heard, but here's our update. http://encinitas.patch.com/articles/standoff-ends-in-apparent-suicide
I pray for the officer with the injury to his leg, I pray that Evan rest in peace, I pray his family and friends remember him at the times when he was happy, not on heroin, those moments off time when mental illness didn't consume his life.