LAKE COUNTY, Ore. — A Lakeview man, 74-year-old David Edward Dillon, died Monday morning after police fired at him when he pointed a firearm at law enforcement officers during his arrest.

A Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy and an Oregon State Police trooper responded to the area of North M Street and North 2nd Street in Lakeview on Monday at around 9:20 a.m. to serve an arrest warrant for Dillon.

They found the suspect inside a parked vehicle. Dillon had failed to appear for a scheduled trial on a charge of first-degree sodomy and had a serviceable warrant for his arrest.

Police report that Dillon was noncompliant with arresting officers and pointed a firearm at both an Oregon State Police trooper and a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy. As a result, the deputy discharged his weapon, stri

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