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A deputy shot and killed a handcuffed man the Sheriff’s Department said had a gun Friday night, Dec. 28 in Moreno Valley.

The dead man, identified as Lamon Khiry Haslip, 18, of Ontario, died at the scene of the 8:38 p.m. incident in the 25000 block of Fir Avenue, according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department news release on Saturday.

The shooting happened after deputies responded to a report that several men in front of a residence brandishing a gun and creating a disturbance.

The first deputy arrived at the scene two minutes later, learning that the men had left in a vehicle.

Moments later, the news release stated, the person who reported the disturbance pointed to a passing vehicle and said the people inside were involved in the incident.

The deputy attempted to stop the vehicle, at which time a man ran from the car. The deputy caught up to him, held the man on the ground and put handcuffs on him, the release said.

A second deputy arrived during the arrest and “observed the subject roll onto his side,” the release stated. The first deputy backed away and “announced that the subject had a gun,” the release stated, “at which time an officer-involved shooting occurred.”

Deputies then searched the suspect and found a loaded gun, the release stated. They administered medical aid and summoned paramedics, but Haslip was pronounced dead at the scene.

The release did not say which deputy fired the gun or detail what happened between the time the man was handcuffed and the shots were fired. Sheriff’s spokesman Cpl. Angel Ramos said Saturday by phone that only one deputy fired at the man.

A Sheriff’s Department spokesman, contacted by phone Saturday, asked that specific questions about the incident would have to be submitted by email. Ramos said the email inquiry would be forwarded to investigators.

The sheriff’s department had not responded to the emailed questions as of 8 p.m. Saturday.