Owen, a 29-year department veteran, was awarded a Medal of Valor in 2014, the department's highest honor. His wife is a member of the department's Arson Explosive Unit.
The shooting occurred at 12:35 p.m. in the 3200 block of West Avenue J-7, according to Deputy Mike Barraza with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lancaster Station, reports KTLA .
The area is a couple blocks north of the Antelope Valley College campus, and a SWAT team and dozens of deputies could be seen responding to a residential area there.
Preliminary information indicated a deputy was struck by gunfire and taken to a hospital in unknown condition, Barraza said. He later said a sergeant and a deputy were both shot. That information was later corrected, with sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida saying only a sergeant was shot.
Nishida confirmed about 2:15 p.m. that one person was in custody and no suspects were outstanding.
The Sheriff's Department said in a news release that the sergeant was in critical condition. Sheriff's homicide detectives were responding.
The sergeant was shot in the face, Lancaster's mayor told the Los Angeles Times , which reported the sergeant and a deputy were responding to a burglary call.
It is now known that a gunbattle ensued after police responded to a residential burglary call in which the subject had reportedly taken two hostages, according to the Los Angeles Times .