1 Dead In Deputy-Involved Shooting Near Napa County Airport

NAPA COUNTY, CA — One person was killed in a deputy-involved shooting Friday afternoon near the Napa County Airport, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said. The person shot and killed was involved in a pursuit that started around 2 p.m. in Napa, sheriff's Spokesman Henry Wofford told Patch.

Wofford said deputies began pursuing a car in connection with a robbery in Napa.

Napa police dispatchers broadcast the license plate number of the robbery suspect's vehicle, Wofford said, and when deputies saw the car near state Highways 29 and 221, they tried to conduct a traffic stop but the car kept going, he said.

The chase continued until it reached the area of Airport Boulevard and Airpark Road, where a deputy-involved shooting occurred.

The person shot was pronounced dead at the scene, Wofford said.

No deputies or officers were injured in the incident, Wofford said.

Under county protocol for deputy- and officer-involved shootings, personnel with multiple county law enforcement agencies, including the Napa County District Attorney's Office, responded to the scene of the shooting to investigate the incident , he said.

The deceased person's name was not being released early Friday evening, nor was any further information because the investigation was still in the early stages, Wofford told Patch.