Off-duty Vermont sheriff's deputy shot multiple times by police after gunfight in New York
An off-duty sheriff’s deputy from Vermont was shot multiple times by police in New York after he was involved in a gunfight with another group of people early Sunday morning, police said.
An off-duty sheriff’s deputy from Vermont was shot multiple times by police in New York after he was involved in a gunfight with another group of people early Sunday morning, police said.
Shots were fired around 3 a.m. at the intersection of Broadway and Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs, New York, near an area with bars and nightlife, following a scuffle between the deputy and a group of people from the Utica area, police said.
The deputy, who was not identified, was “physically attacked” by at least three people, slammed into the hood of a car and knocked to the ground, Commissioner of Public Safety James Montagnino said during a news conference Sunday.
An off-duty sheriff's deputy from Vermont was shot and wounded by police in Saratoga Springs.WNYTThe deputy picked himself up off the ground and apparently moved his jacket back to show the individuals he was armed. One of the other individuals in the group then drew a handgun and pointed it in the deputy’s direction and began firing. The deputy brandished his own handgun, and shots were exchanged, Montagnino said.
Montagnino said he believed seven or eight shots were exchanged in the gunfight, and the deputy shot the Utica man who drew his weapon.
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