Sheriff defends deputy's taser takedown

San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore Monday defended the actions of a deputy who tased a teen runaway Saturday during an arrest in Fallbrook that was caught on video.
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- Breaking developments about the

response to a controversial video

10News first had last night.

- Sheriff Bill Gore just talked about

that video in the past 30 minutes.

He confirmed it show a Sheriff's Deputy

using a taser on a teenage boy.

10News reporter, Jared Aarons,
live in Kearny Mesa now.

So Jared, the Sheriff painted
a very different picture

from what the boy's
friends told us last night.

- He did.

Sheriff Gore said the use of force

and of the taser was
justified, and here's why.

He passed out these pictures
of Deputy Jeremy Banks,

the Deputy involved in that incident.

And you can see bite marks
on Deputy Banks' arms.

Sheriff Gore says it's only after

that young boy bit Deputy Banks' in a way

that he called significant and severe

that the incident escalated.

- [Voiceover] He choking him out.

Look he's choking him out (beep).

He's tased him, what the (beep), man!

- [Jared] This video shows that incident

what Sheriff Gore says
it doesn't show though

is the up to 20 times that the officer

asked the boy to get into his car

so he could take him home

before the officer had to
use some kind of force.

Reportedly, according to the Sheriff,

the officer went to
the boy's mother's home

early Saturday evening

where she reported the boy as a runaway.

Said he been gone for
about a day and a half

and that this was the fifth time

that he had run away.

According to the Sheriff, when a juvenile

is reported as a runaway
it is their responsibility

to bring that child home,

and he says this fight doesn't show

an out of control officer,

rather it shows an out of control child.

- I think the Deputy
was very conscientious

in this case.

Immediately followed up the lead,

tried repeatedly to get the juvenile

to voluntarily go in the car

so he could return to his mother.

And in actually what we have is

really an out of control juvenile.

- There are also new
developments in this case.

We learned that overnight

the Fallbrook Sheriff's
Substation was vandalized.

Several cars and the
building were spray painted,

there were even some broken windows.

Sheriff Gore says that
is under investigation,

but some of the messages left

in the spray paint indicate

that it is related to this use of force.

He also says that Deputy Banks

is off today, but will
return to normal duty

the next time he's scheduled to work

even while this incident
remains under investigation.

And friends of that boy tell us

that there is a demonstration scheduled

for 5:30 tonight in Fallbrook.

The Sheriff says deputies will be there

to make sure that
everything remains peaceful.

Live in Kearny Mesa, Jared Aarons, 10News.