GRETNA, Virginia (AP) – Three sheriff’s deputies who were shot while executing warrants in southern Virginia were “shaken up” but doing well. Bernie Bennett has this report. VERBATIM: Pittsylvania County Sheriff Michael Taylor says the warrants were for brandishing a firearm and trespassing. The depubites were also serving a protective order. After the all clear, […]
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Deputies Shot in Virginia
GRETNA, Virginia (AP) – Three sheriff’s deputies who were shot while executing warrants in southern Virginia were “shaken up” but doing well. Bernie Bennett has this report.
VERBATIM:
Pittsylvania County Sheriff Michael Taylor says the warrants were for brandishing a firearm and trespassing. The depubites were also serving a protective order.
After the all clear, Sheriff Taylor told reporters there was an hour-long standoff, but it ended peacefully and with the suspected shooter in custody.
Republican Congressman John McGuire, who represents Virginia’s 5th congressional district, said in a post on X that his thoughts and prayers were with deputies and he also extended his thoughts and prayers to their families.
Pittsylvania County is located along the state’s southern border with North Carolina, about 98 miles northwest of Raleigh.
Bernie Bennett reporting.