Sheriff’s deputies and a college police officer shot and killed a passenger who authorities said picked up a gun and refused to drop it during a San Marcos traffic stop Wednesday night. The incident started shortly after 9 p.m. when a San Marcos-based deputy pulled over a red Hyundai Sonata for an unspecified vehicle violation, San Diego police Homicide Acting Lt. Christopher Leahy said in a news release Thursday. San Diego police are investigating under a countywide agreement designed to prevent policing agencies from investigating themselves following a shooting. According to Leahy, the 21-year-old woman driving the sedan pulled over on North Twin Oaks Valley Road near West Bordon Road, which is less than a mile north of state Route 78. With her was a 33-year-old man in the front passenger’s seat. A check of the car’s license plate and vehicle identification number appeared inconsistent with Department of Motor Vehicles registration records, Leahy said. Additionally, the deputy spotted damage to the steering column, which Leahy said suggested the sedan could have been stolen. The deputy asked for backup, and several deputies and a Palomar College police officer arrived to assist. As they arrived, the passenger “abruptly rolled up his window and ignored commands to keep it down,” then reached for the floorboard and armed himself with a semiautomatic pistol, Leahy said. He said the man did not comply with repeated commands to drop it. The driver of the sedan was able to get out of the vehicle, and deputies “escorted her to safety,” Leahy said. Leahy said the passenger continued to ignore commands and at some point “began to raise the firearm.” “In response, five deputies and one Palomar College Police Officer discharged their weapons, striking the passenger,” Leahy said. The passenger died at the scene. His name was not released, pending his family’s notification of his death. The vehicle itself was collected as potential evidence, Leahy said, and detectives are working to determine whether the car had been stolen. Leahy said cameras worn by law enforcement officers at the scene recorded the traffic stop and the ensuing encounter and shooting. Investigators were still reviewing the footage as of Thursday morning. Under California law, law enforcement agencies have 45 days to release footage of the encounter, unless doing so would impede an investigation. ...read more read less