Protests erupt after a Black man fatally shot by California deputy

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Five protesters were arrested Thursday as dozens of demonstrators descended on the beach town of San Clemente, California, to decry the death on Wednesday of a a Black man shot by an Orange County sheriff's deputy. The arrests were announced during an afternoon news conference by Sheriff Don Barnes, who tried to get out in front of the story as local organizers drew a few dozen supporters to the South Orange County city on Thursday to protest the shooting.

Barnes urged the public to reserve judgement of the two deputies involved in confronting the deceased, identified as 42-year-old Kurt Andras Reinhold of Los Angeles County, until the district attorney could complete an investigation. Reinhold was pronounced dead at the scene after two deputies for the Orange County Sheriff's Department's Homeless Outreach Team contacted him on a San Clemente street at about 1:12 p.m. on Wednesday for undisclosed reasons, the department said in a statement.

Barnes said, the three ended up in a physical struggle on the ground when, the homeless man appeared to grab a gun from the holster of a deputy and one of the two law enforcement officers opened fire twice. Barnes indicated that security video from the nearby Hotel Miramar captured the clash, including the moment the man allegedly grabbed a gun, and would eventually be released to the public.

The sheriff said, there was at least one witness who claimed Reinhold did not grab a gun, but urged the media to please refrain from putting out misinformation until the facts can be known. Reinhold had been in South Orange County for about a month and that there were several attempts to try to offer services to him to no avail.

The two unnamed deputies who didn't have body cameras were trained in crisis intervention and deescalation and tried to revive the man following the confrontation.

Barnes said, it didn't end how we would hope. Four protesters were arrested Thursday for allegedly failing to follow deputies' orders to get out of the street; another was arrested for allegedly scratching up a law enforcement vehicle.

The deputies have been placed on administrative leave during an investigation into the shooting.