LOS ANGELES — A man shot in the head by an Orange County, California, sheriff's deputy this year appeared to reach for a handgun during a struggle at a Walmart in Lake Forest, authorities said Tuesday as they released footage of the incident.
Video from deputies' body-worn cameras shows the man being escorted out of the store after an employee accused him of shoplifting. One deputy warns that he is carrying a knife. As the deputies struggle to handcuff him, one shouts, "He's got a gun! Shoot him!" before a single shot rings out.
The man, identified as 30-year-old Ernesto Aguilar of Santa Ana, survived and is recovering in jail, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said. He was in custody in Orange on Tuesday, with bail set at nearly $2.3 million, according to county records.
