El Paso County sheriff's deputies fatally shoot man during gun call in Canutillo

El Paso County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man while responding to a call of a "subject with a gun" shortly after midnight Wednesday in the Canutillo area, officials said.

Isaiah James Rael, 43, died in a shooting that occurred about 12:20 a.m. after deputies arrived at the 7600 block of Campos Street near Bosque Road, officials said.

"Shortly after arrival, shots were fired by responding sheriff deputies," stated a Sheriff's Office statement, which didn't provide details about what occurred as the investigation continued Wednesday.

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Rael was wounded in the shooting and was taken to a hospital, where he later died, officials said.

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El Paso County Sheriff's Office crime scene tape.
El Paso County Sheriff's Office crime scene tape.

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