(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County D.A.’s office reports that 65-year-old Howard John Barton has been arrested following a deputy involved shooting.

The incident began when the deputy responded to a medical aid call in the 5400 block of Feather River Boulevard in Olivehurst. The YCSO deputy fired when Barton allegedly “charged at a deputy sheriff while armed with a meat cleaver and a hammer…It is clear after reviewing the video from the deputy’s body-worn camera that the deputy acted in self-defense,” said Yuba County District Attorney Clint Curry, adding, “I anticipate filing charges against Barton this week for assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer.”

Barton was jailed after being released from the hospital for treatment of his injuries and according to the release, he “is being held in the Sutter County Jail pending his arraignment on Tuesday or Wednesday in Yuba County Superior Court.”