PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said one man was injured during a deputy-involved shooting Friday morning in Pasco County.
A witness told ABC Action News' Robert Boyd that around 8:15 a.m., a man appeared to be trying to break into a gun store near the intersection of Little Road and Massachusetts Avenue in Pasco County.
The witness said the man started using a construction sign at one point to try to gain access to the gun store. Police were called at that point, and the witness said the man stood near the store for a few minutes and then walked off down Little Road to where the shooting happened.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said deputies and detectives pleaded with the man to put down the knife and told the man they would get him help. The sheriff's office said the man refused, and his deputies eventually had to use lethal and less-lethal means on the man.
Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said the man was hit by tasers and gunfire, fell to the ground, and hit his head. Sheriff Nocco said as the man was handcuffed and rolled over, he told detectives, "Thank you."
Nocco said deputies began rendering first aid immediately after the shooting until first responders took over.
Sheriff Nocco said he would be releasing bodycam video of the incident so the public could watch his deputies' actions.
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