- There is an ongoing
standoff in a Boone, North Carolina neighborhood. - A sheriff's deputy was shot in the standoff. The deputy's condition is currently unknown.
Police are asking Boone residents to shelter in place with doors and windows closed until the situation is resolved.
Two North Carolina sheriff's deputies were shot and injured amid a standoff situation when police were called for a welfare check on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Police in Boone, North Carolina, said on Twitter that it was assisting the Watauga County Sheriff's Office in an "ongoing stand-off" situation in a residential neighborhood.
The police department asked residents to shelter in place with their doors and windows closed.
One of the deputies who was shot was a member of the Watauga County Sheriff's Office, WNCT reported. Two deputies who were shot died of their injuries, authorities said Thursday morning. A third was shot in the head, but survived after the bullet struck the officer's helmet.