TROUP COUNTY, Georgia — A Troup county Sheriff’s deputy was struck by gunfire while conducting a welfare check Monday.
The suspect is now barricaded in a home on Jackson Street.
SWAT has set up a perimeter.
According to WSB-TV, the deputy ‘was hit in the forehead, elbow and waist by pellets from a shotgun.’
SWAT standoff in West Point. Troup county deputy and suspect shot. @wsbtv More info from @MarkWinneWSB 4,5,6 pic.twitter.com/x8sZ4PZz2N
— Damon McGhee (@DamonMcGhee) January 9, 2017
#BREAKING: SKYFOX 5 is over the scene in Troup County where a deputy was hit by gunfire after a suspect fired shots at him. #fox5atl pic.twitter.com/3i3Egg0NhA
— FOX 5 Atlanta (@FOX5Atlanta) January 9, 2017
The wounded officer was taken to a hospital where he is expected to survive.
Stay with Breaking911 for developments.
