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July 4, 2025 – Tulare County Sheriff's Office officials report that at around 3:30 p.m. on July 2, 2025, TCSO Deputies were called to the TCSO OIS RubioTule River Reservation for an Officer Involved Shooting.

When they arrived, Deputies learned the Tule River Department of Public Safety was involved in a shooting. One man was shot, but no public safety officers were hurt. The suspect was taken to a local hospital. The man has been identified as 40-year-old Orin Rubio of the Tule River Reservation (pictured).

Detectives arrived on scene and learned Rubio didn’t have any association to the home where he was and was not allowed on the property. When Officers with the Tule River Department of Public Safety tried to make contact with him, they saw Rubio had a gun on him and he then charged towards the officers. One officer fired at Rubio, hitting him in the stomach.

Rubio was taken to a local hospital, where he is in critical, but stable condition.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

The investigation is still ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office at 559-733-6218 or Tip Now at tcso@tipnow.com.  

Source & photo: Tulare County Sheriff's Office
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