Here’s how police are investigating after sheriff’s deputies killed a man in Natomas

Two Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department deputies are on administrative leave after a fatal south Natomas shooting on Monday, a move which is normal following an officer-involved shooting.

Travis York, 42, was wanted in connection to an alleged theft and armed carjacking in Elk Grove over the weekend and had eluded law enforcement for two days when deputies found his location.

Police say York was sitting in the passenger seat of a white SUV at a South Natomas FoodMaxx parking lot when deputies attempted to arrest him. Deputies saw York exit the SUV with a handgun, police said, and when he allegedly did not obey commands they fired on him.

York was wearing a holster at the time of his death and deputies found a loaded handgun at the scene, said Sgt. Vance Chandler, police department spokesman at a Monday press conference. It is unclear if York pointed his weapon or fired at officers.

Sacramento police homicide detectives will investigate the shooting even though Sacramento Sheriff’s Department deputies were involved, a move which police department spokesman Sgt Marcus Basquez said was because the incident happened in city limits.

The sheriff’s department and its command staff plans to work with Sacramento police through all stages of the investigation, said Sgt. Shaun Hampton, Sheriff’s Department spokesman.

The two departments have a memorandum of understanding — a nonbinding agreement that details each group’s responsibilities — about officer-involved shootings. If sheriff’s deputies are involved in a shooting in Sacramento, the city’s police department will conduct the investigation.

The Sacramento Police Department isn’t the only entity working on an investigation, though. Hampton said an administrative investigation will be held through the sheriff’s department’s Professional Standards Division to determine whether the deputies were following department and state standards.

Deputies involved in these types of shootings are typically given five days of administrative leave time, Hampton said. It is unknown how long the deputies involved in this specific case will receive.

Hampton said both investigations will follow traditional law enforcement investigations: officers that were involved will be interviewed, witnesses will be contacted and video surveillance will be collected and analyzed.

When the Sacramento Police Department investigation is complete, it will be passed to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s office, which will conduct its own investigation.