Overview

• The shooting occurred around 5:20 p.m. on August 8 at the Axiom Tustin apartment complex in Tustin, California.
• The victim was identified as 45-year-old Brittany Shaw, an Orange County Health Care Agency employee living with the deputy.
• The deputy believed there was an intruder in the residence and fatally shot Shaw, who was mistaken for a threat.
• Investigators have not released further details as they remain in the early stages of the death investigation.
• The Orange County Sheriff’s Department placed the involved deputy on paid administrative leave pending inquiry results.