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Apr 28, 2021 07:29 PM EDT
(Photo : Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Elizabeth City, North Carolina Waits For Video Release Of Police Killing Of Andrew Brown Jr.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA - APRIL 28: Sheriff Deputies stand in front of the front entrance to the Pasquotank County Courthouse on April 28, 2021 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Superior Court Judge Jeff Foster is holding a hearing in the courthouse to decide if the body camera footage will be released of the shooting and killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies on April 21. (not the actual story)
Two North Carolina sheriff deputies were shot near Boone, and a standoff with the alleged gunman is ongoing. The sheriff s office referred to a wellness check on Wednesday morning because the homeowner and his family failed to show up for work or return phone calls, said a statement received by WBTV from the Watauga County Sheriff s Office.
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Two North Carolina sheriff s deputies were killed and three other people found dead in what authorities are calling an ambush that turned into a 13-hour standoff between a shooter and law enforcement.
Two deputies have died from their injuries suffered during the standoff that took place at a home near Boone, located about 116 miles northwest of Charlotte, Watauga County Sheriff Len Hagaman confirmed Thursday morning.
Three civilians – including the suspected shooter – also died, bringing the death toll to five people.
Sheriff Hagaman said that it was fair to say that deputies were ambushed at the home when they arrived to conduct a welfare check.