{"id":676592,"date":"2026-05-31T20:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676592\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:23:11","slug":"update-man-accused-of-shooting-2-deputies-at-nc-va-border-spotted-in-surry-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676592\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Man accused of shooting 2 deputies at NC-VA border spotted in Surry County"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARROLL COUNTY, VA. (WLOS) \u2014 UPDATE 3:15 P.M.: <\/p>\n

The Wytheville Police Department says Prichett was spotted on a wildlife game camera in Surry County, North Carolina, at 6:56 a.m. on Greenhill Road, north of Mount Airy.<\/p>\n

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The United States Marshals Service is searching for a man accused of shooting two Carroll County Sheriff’s Office deputies at the North Carolina-Virginia border.<\/p>\n

According to a social media post, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office responded to a request for a welfare check at 13658 Fancy Gap Highway in Virginia at 9:26 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Deputies say that when they arrived at the address, Michael Puckett opened fire and deputies returned fire.<\/p>\n

Both deputies were shot. Deputy Sheriff Logan Utt sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead. Sheriff Kevin Kemp was shot in his ballistic vest and was reported in stable condition.<\/p>\n

According to the US Marshal Service, Puckett has a history of violent criminal behavior. <\/p>\n

Puckett fled the scene and according to law enforcement, should be considered armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n

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The United States Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are offering a reward of up to $60,000 for information leading to Puckett’s arrest.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information on Puckett’s whereabouts is urged to contact law enforcement immediately. The public is advised not to approach or confront Puckett.<\/p>\n

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News 13 will update this story when more information is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CARROLL COUNTY, VA. (WLOS) \u2014 UPDATE 3:15 P.M.: The Wytheville Police Department says Prichett was spotted on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-676592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}