July 12, 2021 GMT
NORTH EAST, Md. (AP) A sheriff’s deputy was wounded and a man was found dead after an exchange of gunfire when the deputy and state troopers responded to a father-and-son fight at a Maryland apartment Sunday, police said.
A 911 caller reported a man with a gun in the apartment and two troopers who heard of the disturbance on the radio responded to help the sheriff’s deputy, Police Superintendent Col. Jerry Jones said at a news conference Monday. When they approached the front door, they heard arguing and someone saying, “He has a gun,” Jones said.
They were immediately fired on when they entered the apartment, and one trooper, fearing for their lives, returned fire as they retreated to the landing, he said. They then learned that the deputy had been shot, he said. When the gunfire ceased, they called the father out to safety and set up a perimeter. A special response team cleared the apartment and found the man’s son dead in the kitchen with a 9 mm
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CECIL COUNTY â The year is almost over, and whether we like it or not, 2020 will be remembered for one thing, the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and its affect on the lives of everyone on the planet. The virus affected every aspect of the lives of those in Cecil County and resulted in a number of stories about those affects on local residents.
The year started normally enough, in January as several big stories dominated the pages of the Cecil Whig. What follows are brief synopses of the top stories for the first half of 2020.
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