GATE CITY, Va. (AP) - Authorities say sheriff’s deputies shot and wounded a man in an exchange of gunfire at a Virginia home.
Virginia State Police said in a statement that Scott County sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call about a violent person at a Gate City home Tuesday night.
Police say deputies obtained an emergency custody order for a 49-year-old man and were met at the door by a man with a handgun. Police say he refused to drop the gun, then stepped outside and fired at deputies. Deputies returned fire and police say the man was struck once.
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The man is being treated at a Tennessee hospital for a non-life-threatening injury. None of the deputies was injured.
Maj. Chris Holder of the sheriff’s office says the deputies will undergo mandatory counseling.
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