ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - A Virginia State Police sergeant was shot and wounded Monday by an off duty Franklin County deputy sheriff, and the deputy then was shot by officers who had come to the aid of the wounded trooper, authorities said.
Sgt. M.K. Brannock's injuries were not considered life-threatening, police said.
The deputy, Jonathan A. Agee, 32, of Boones Mill, had been sought as a suspect in an earlier shooting when Brannock stopped him. Police said Agee shot Brannock just before noon. Agee then sustained life-threatening injuries after being shot by two state police officers who arrived to aid Brannock, police said.
Both men were taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. No other injuries were reported at the scene of the Interstate 81 shooting, which is being investigated by the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation and a police shootings investigation team.
"The focus of investigators right now is piecing together the exact sequence of events leading up to both shootings," said Col. W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police superintendent. "This is a difficult day, needless to say, for Virginia's law enforcement community."
Media reports said traffic on Interstate 81 was backed up for 14 miles as vehicles were forced to detour off the freeway.
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Funny thing here, guess it's a good thing he took on his own kind! coulda been some innocent citizen at the end of his gun!where's all those PO's who like to tell us how upstanding they are all!
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ReplyDeleteWhat an idiotic comment. The LEO's on here never claimed that all of them were perfect. I am one who scrutinizes law enforcement to the highest degree. There is a minority of leo's who think they are above the law and try to rule with intimidation, but they are a MINORITY! Your comment would be like accusing every teacher of being a child molester just because there have been some bad ones who reflect poorly on the profession. There are as many good officers as there are bad officers. The problem is weeding out the good from the bad. Unfortunately, the bad often outweighs the good in the public scrutiny.