Sheriff's deputy shot while responding to burglary in progress near Suncrest
A sheriff’s deputy was shot while responding to a burglary in progress near Suncrest on Tuesday morning.
The deputy with the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office was in surgery shortly after the shooting and is expected to survive, a dispatcher told The Spokesman-Review.
At approximately 2:30 a.m., the deputy was responding to a burglary in progress when he was shot near 16000 N. Suncrest Drive, according to Chief Deputy Greg Gowin.
Neighbors reported seeing officers with guns throughout the area at approximately 5:30 a.m. Another person, who was not the injured deputy, was also seen being taken from the scene on a gurney at roughly 8:30 a.m., according to The Spokesman-Review.
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