GRETNA, Virginia (AP) \u2014 Three sheriff\u2019s deputies who were shot while executing warrants in southern Virginia were \u201cshaken up\u201d but doing well, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The warrants were for brandishing a firearm and trespassing, said Pittsylvania County Sheriff Michael W. Taylor. They were also serving a protective order, he said.<\/p>\n
There was an hourslong standoff but it ended peacefully and with the suspected shooter in custody, Taylor told reporters afterward. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll three are well. Of course they\u2019re shaken up. And they\u2019re going through the process now of trying to heal,\u201d Taylor said, adding: \u201cThey\u2019re OK.\u201d <\/p>\n
Photos and video from the scene showed a large number of parked police and emergency response vehicles. <\/p>\n
U.S. Rep. John McGuire, who represents Virginia\u2019s 5th congressional district, had earlier said in a post on X that his thoughts and prayers were with deputies and their families. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are closely following the situation and keeping everyone affected in our hearts during this difficult time,\u201d McGuire wrote.<\/p>\n
Pittsylvania County is located along the state\u2019s southern border with North Carolina, about 98 miles (158 kilometers) northwest of Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GRETNA, Virginia (AP) \u2014 Three sheriff\u2019s deputies who were shot while executing warrants in southern Virginia were \u201cshaken…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":144141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[57,85473,2936,85472,521,50,519,61,67,132,68,906],"class_list":{"0":"post-144140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"category-us","9":"tag-general-news","10":"tag-john-mcguire","11":"tag-law-enforcement","12":"tag-michael-w-taylor","13":"tag-nc-state-wire","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-north-carolina","16":"tag-u-s-news","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-virginia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115025152906481426","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}