Updated: 12:28 PM EDT Jun 2, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff A Wake County sheriff s deputy was shot Wednesday morning while serving an eviction notice in Raleigh, according to NBC affiliate WRAL-TV.The incident happened in the River Birch at Town Center apartments, off Old Wake Forest Road, west of Capital Boulevard. Sources tell WRAL-TV the deputy was shot in the hip and suffered a very serious injury. The deputy was taken to WakeMed where he went into surgery. A large law enforcement presence gathered outside the hospital, and Sheriff Gerald Baker was on his way to be with the deputy s family there. Around 10:30, dispatch got a call that one of our deputies had been shot, Curry said. The deputy was executing a civil process and he was shot. We re still determining what occurred before the shooting. A suspect is in custody. There are no other suspects at this time, said Wake County Sheriff s Office spokesperson Eric Curry to WRAL-TV around 11:30 a.m. A tweet
North Carolina deputy shot while serving eviction notice
June 2, 2021
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A deputy was shot and wounded Wednesday while serving an eviction process, a North Carolina sheriff s office said.
Wake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Eric Curry said the deputy was shot at an apartment complex, news outlets reported. The unidentified deputy was taken to a local hospital, but there has been no official word on the extent of the deputy’s injury.
Curry said a suspect has been taken into custody as investigators try to determine what happened. Law enforcement officers gathered outside the hospital and Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker was expected to join them.
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