A 34-year-old convicted felon was charged Monday with attempting to kill an Orange County sheriff’s deputy in Lake Forest.

Ethan Chase Mull was involved in a domestic violence incident Wednesday before he encountered deputies leading to his being shot by a deputy Thursday, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies were dispatched about 3 p.m. Thursday to a store near Trabuco and El Toro roads, deputies said. When Mull left the store deputies attempted to detain him, and after he pointed a gun at deputies he was shot, deputies said.

Mull was also bitten by a police dog and taken to a hospital to be treated for his wounds, deputies said.

Mull was charged with attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic rifle on a peace officer, possession of a gun by a felon, posse

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