The man said a woman had left the home in a vehicle and was armed with a handgun.
Deputies found the vehicle unoccupied near Maple Hill Trails, about a mile from the home, officials said.
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A woman armed with a hand gun was killed by deputies in the California mountains. No information has been released on why the deputies opened fire on the 30-year-old woman. (Fox News)
They searched the area and found the woman, still armed with the gun, and "a lethal force encounter occurred," a sheriff’s department statement said. The woman, identified only as a 30-year-old residence of Sugarloaf, died at the scene.
Investigators believe the woman did not fire back at the deputies, sheriff's spokesperson Gloria Huerta told the Southern California News Group on Tuesday. Information on what led deputies to open fire was not immediately released.
No deputies were injured.