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Investigators say man wounded in officer-involved shooting in the Conejo Valley had a machete

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They say the man was shot, and critically wounded after he ran into a store and threatened employees. Two people suffered minor injuries in the crime spree.

New details have been released about an officer involved shooting in the Conejo Valley involving a man armed with a machete. Ventura County Sheriff’s detectives now say it happened after he threatened employees of a store.

It happened just after 6 a.m. Thursday, in a shopping center off of Ventu Park Road in Thousand Oaks. A 50-year-old man used a machete to break the window of a motel room. They say he then assaulted a man in the parking lot, and carjacked his vehicle. A second man sitting in a nearby car was also assaulted. They escaped with minor injuries.

Deputies arrived on the scene and tried to get him to surrender, but he fled. An effort to stop him with a Taser failed. Officers say the man then ran into a business, and threatened employees with the machete, prompting them to open fire.

The man is reported to be in critical condition at a hospital. His name hasn’t been released.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.