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The Napa County Sheriff’s Office reported that a deputy fatally shot an armed motorist in the south county Sunday night after the driver fired first.

The incident occurred shortly after 11 p.m. on the 1100 block of Henry Road when the deputy stopped to investigate a parked car on the rural road. The male driver, who was seated behind the wheel, died at the scene, the Sheriff’s Office reported.

In a Monday afternoon press release, the Sheriff’s Office said the suspect, who has not been identified, fired the first shot from inside his car at the female deputy.

The deputy returned fire and the suspect died at the scene, the Sheriff’s Office said. The deputy was not injured.

The fatal encounter began when the deputy, who also has not been named, spotted the parked vehicle at 10:59 p.m. and got out to contact the driver, said Henry Wofford, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman.

Six minutes later, “the deputy radioed that shots had been fired,” Wofford said. “The suspect was armed with a firearm.”

There was only the driver in the car, he said.