The deputy, who has not been identified, was in the 1000 block of West 6th Avenue in Corona, California shortly after 1 a.m. when he saw a man and woman acting erratically, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said in a video statement.

When the deputy tries to speak with them, the pair who were identified as 32-year-old Eric John Nourani, and Jennifer 30-year-old Rose Dobbins run behind a building. The deputy follows and then is ambushed and attacked by the male.

The deputy is on top of Nourani on the ground, his hand on the man’s throat, while Dobbins grabs his arms and shouts over and over and over again, “In the name of Jesus, I rebuke you", and "Kill him! kill him!" 

About two minutes into the fight, Dobbins begins to kick the deputy while he struggles with Nourani, and the deputy fires his gun at Dobbins.

Dobbins cries out after she is shot and is seen lying several feet away while the men continue to fight. “Help me. Eric, I’m scared,” she says.

Investigators said Nourani was trying to take the deputy’s gun. In the video, as Nourani struggles with the deputy, he shouts, “Get the gun!”

Both men are out of breath and panting but are still wrestling when passersby Good Samaritans arrive and pull Nourani away.

The video of the June 11 incident shows the struggle lasted for four minutes before help from Good Samaritans arrived.