Bodycam Video Shows Deputies Shooting Machete-Wielding Man inside a Bakery

On 10/24/2024, at approximately 6:22 AM, deputies from the Thousand Oaks Police Station responded to the Ventu Park Shopping Center, located in the 500 block of Ventu Park Road, in reference to a call of a disturbance. Prior to arriving at the scene, the call was updated to a suspect threatening others with a machete. When deputies arrived at the scene, they attempted to detain the suspect, who was holding a machete in his hand, but he was non-compliant.
A deputy deployed a Taser, but it was ineffective, and the suspect fled on foot. Deputies pursued the suspect, who then entered a business within the shopping center. The suspect was holding the machete and approached employees in a threatening manner, prompting an officer involved shooting.
Deputies rendered aid on the suspect, and he was ultimately transported by ambulance to a local hospital, where he is currently listed in critical condition. No deputies were injured during the incident.
Sheriff’s investigators later learned that prior to the arrival of deputies at the scene, the suspect had been involved in a disturbance at the Palm Garden Hotel, at which time he used the machete to break a window of a hotel room. The suspect then walked to the 76 Gas Station, where he assaulted a male victim with the machete and carjacked the same victim’s vehicle. The victim sustained a minor injury.
The suspect then walked away from the carjacked vehicle and confronted a different male victim who was inside his parked vehicle in the parking lot of the shopping center. The suspect used his machete to vandalize the victim’s vehicle. This victim sustained no injuries.