A struggle with a suspect in a Lake Forest strip mall parking lot Thursday ended with a deputy shooting the man, leaving him in unknown condition.

The shooting occurred Thursday afternoon at Trabuco and El Toro roads, Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Gerard McCann said.

Deputies were trying to apprehend the suspect when a struggle ensued, prompting a deputy to open fire, McCann said. The suspect was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, McCann said.

A deputy was also injured, but it was unrelated to the struggle with the suspect or shooting, McCann said.

No details were immediately available on why the suspect was being sought.

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