Baltimore County sheriff?s deputies fatally shot a man Thursday after he answered the door of his Lansdowne home holding a gun, police said.

Four deputies were serving a civil warrant on Wayne K. Hicks, 53, at his house in the 2200 block of Gaylawn Drive around 2:30 p.m. when they saw the gun and opened fire, said police spokesman Bill Toohey.

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