LAKE MATHEWS — A 50-year-old Perris man was killed in a shooting that involved an off-duty Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy in a remote area dividing Orange and Riverside counties, authorities said Saturday.

Deputies from the Lake Mathews sheriff’s station responded to multiple calls reporting a shooting at 8:15 p.m. Friday in the area of Holy Jim Trail and Main Divide Road near Santiago Peak, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

The off-duty deputy, whose name was withheld, had been approached by a man who appeared to be under the influence and who was armed with a firearm, the RCSD stated.

The deputy allegedly identified himself as a law enforcement officer and gave the man multiple verbal commands to raise his hands. The department stated that the man refu

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