DENVER (KDVR) — An Arapahoe County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man allegedly armed with a knife and a machete early Sunday morning as they were responding to a shoplifting call at a Walmart, about 15 miles outside Denver.

Deputies responded to the Walmart at 10900 E. Briarwood Avenue at around 7:15 a.m. Sunday for a report of a shoplifting, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said in an X post.

The report had said the man involved was armed with a machete.

When the deputies arrived, the man "advanced toward deputies with both a knife and a machete," the sheriff's office said.

One deputy deployed a Taser, which was "ineffective." Then, as the man continued advancing, another deputy shot the person.

A spokesperson for the sheriff's office told NewsNation local affiliate KDVR tha

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