GRETNA, Virginia (AP) \u2014 Three sheriff\u2019s deputies injured in gunfire while executing warrants in southern Virginia were \u201cshaken up\u201d but doing well, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The warrants were for brandishing a firearm and trespassing, said Pittsylvania County Sheriff Michael W. Taylor. They were also serving a protective order, he said.<\/p>\n
There was an hourslong standoff but it ended peacefully and with the suspected shooter in custody, Taylor told reporters afterward. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll three are well. Of course they\u2019re shaken up. And they\u2019re going through the process now of trying to heal,\u201d Taylor said, adding: \u201cThey\u2019re OK.\u201d <\/p>\n
The officers all appear to have been wounded by shrapnel and none was directly hit, Taylor said. <\/p>\n
The sheriff asked the Virginia State Police to investigate the shooting. Sgt. Rick Garletts, a spokesperson for the Virginia State Police, said agents would likely be at the scene all night collecting evidence. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re very happy that there were no further injuries tonight. This could have ended much worse than it did,\u201d Garletts said. \u201cI\u2019m glad he gave himself up and came on out.\u201d <\/p>\n
Photos and video from the scene showed a large number of parked police and emergency response vehicles. <\/p>\n
U.S. Rep. John McGuire, who represents Virginia\u2019s 5th congressional district, had earlier said in a post on X that his thoughts and prayers were with deputies and their families. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are closely following the situation and keeping everyone affected in our hearts during this difficult time,\u201d McGuire wrote.<\/p>\n
Pittsylvania County is located along the state\u2019s southern border with North Carolina, about 98 miles (158 kilometers) northwest of Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GRETNA, Virginia (AP) \u2014 Three sheriff\u2019s deputies injured in gunfire while executing warrants in southern Virginia were \u201cshaken…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3071,793,7922,57078,4381,57076,3508,3,2256,57077,4382,795,21,19,22,20,25,24,5148],"class_list":{"0":"post-81575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-general-news","11":"tag-gun-violence","12":"tag-john-mcguire","13":"tag-law-enforcement","14":"tag-michael-w-taylor","15":"tag-nc-state-wire","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-north-carolina","18":"tag-rick-garletts","19":"tag-shootings","20":"tag-u-s-news","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa","27":"tag-virginia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81575","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=81575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}