âSpiritual hospitalâ: Watauga Co. church, used as staging area, turns back to place of refuge after deputies killed in shooting
Watauga County church remembers mass shooting victims By WBTV Web Staff | May 2, 2021 at 9:00 PM EDT - Updated May 2 at 9:42 PM
WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - The Watauga County community is mourning.
They lost two of their first responders who were killed last week while responding to a call.
Mount Vernon Baptist Church was used last Wednesday as a staging area during an hours-long standoff that ended with two Watauga County deputies dead.
Sgt. Chris Ward and Deputy Logan Fox died after they were shot responding to a welfare check near Boone last week.