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Two deputies, 3 others shot dead in stand-off at North Carolina home 04/29/2021 16:28 (Reuters) - Two sheriff s deputies and at least three other people were shot dead at a home in North Carolina s Blue Ridge Mountains, authorities said on Thursday. The deputies were shot on Wednesday after arriving at a home in the town of Boone to conduct a welfare check after the homeowner s employer called to report that he failed to show up for work, Wataugh County Sheriff s Office said in a statement. They immediately faced what became a 13-hour stand-off between the gunman and law enforcement, it said. Upon entering the home, two Wataugh County Sheriff s deputies received gunshot wounds from an unknown individual within the residence, authorities said.

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