An Orange County employee was fatally shot by an off-duty deputy at a Tustin apartment complex on Friday morning, authorities said.

It happened just after 5:20 p.m. at the Axiom Tustin apartments, in the 13000 block of Tustin East Drive, according to the Tustin Police Department.

Circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear as the investigation continues, but the victim has been identified as 45-year-old Brittany Shaw, according to Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner.

"An employee of our Health Care Agency had been living with a deputy sheriff in the same house," Wagner said. "The Health Care Agency employee was out walking the dog in the morning; came home, the deputy sheriff was afraid of an intruder, thought there was an intruder, and shot the Health Care Agency employee."

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