NORTH CAROLINA — The man accused of shooting two sheriff’s deputies near the North Carolina/Virginia border was apprehended in Surry County, North Carolina Sunday night. At the time of his arrest, he was armed with a handgun.
Sadly, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office shared that one of those deputies was killed.
The sheriff’s office says that they were called out to conduct a welfare check at a residence on Fancy Gap Highway around 9:26 p.m. Friday.
Officials say that two deputies made contact with a man, later identified as Michael Puckett, who then opened fire on deputies during the encounter.
Both deputies were shot.
The sheriff’s office later released that Deputy Sheriff Logan Utt suffered fatal injuries from the shooting.
The second deputy was struck in his ballistic vest and is receiving a medical evaluation but is in stable condition.
The FBI offered up to $50,000 for information to locate Puckett. This was in addition to the $10,000 already being offered by the U.S. Marshals Service for a combined reward of $60,000.
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