Armed man shot, killed by deputies in Lenoir, sheriff’s office says

A man raised a gun toward Caldwell County deputies before he was shot and killed Thursday afternoon, according to the sheriff’s office. 

Deputies went to a home on Watson Road, in the Gamewell community east of Lenoir, after a woman called 911 to report her son had a gun and was threatening to hurt himself, the sheriff’s office said. 

When two deputies got to the home shortly after 2 p.m., they found the 25-year-old behind the home with a handgun, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. 

“As the two deputies negotiated with the male, he raised the handgun, pointing it at both deputies,” the sheriff’s office said. “One of the deputies then fired his firearm at the male.”

Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene, officials said. 

The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shootig, the sheriff’s office said.