Two Monroe County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man in his 60s on Sunday at a Henrietta hotel.
Deputies responded just before 4 p.m. to a report of a suicidal man in the Super 8 Motel on Lehigh Station Road, Chief Deputy Michael Fowler said. When they arrived, he said, they encountered a man wielding a box cutter.
"Apparently in the attempt of self-harm," Fowler said. “Deputies made contact with him, gave him several directions to drop the weapon. The subject was uncooperative and the deputies fired their weapons striking the subject, and unfortunately he did not survive."
An emergency medical crew arrived on the scene quickly, but they were unable to save the man's life, Fowler said.
The deputies who shot the man are on administrative leader. The Major Crimes and Internal Affairs units of the Sheriff's Office are investigating the shooting. The office has also notified the state Attorney General Office of the incident and it will also conduct an investigation, which is standard practice.
