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Maryland deputy shot, critically wounded as he responded to domestic incident

29 December 2016 18:24 (UTC +04:00)

A sheriff's deputy in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, is critically wounded after he was shot at close range Thursday as he responded to reported domestic violence, APA reports quoting NBC News.

Deputy 1st Class Warren Scott Hogan, 32, was shot by a 52-year-old man as Hogan helped a woman pick up clothing from the suspect's home after she reported a physical altercation between them, authorities said.

Hogan was able to fire back, and James L. Rich II was shot and killed.

Maryland State Police Public Information Officer Greg Shipley said Rich's girlfriend, who had been staying at Rich's home, sent a text message to her father about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. She told her father she and Rich had been in a physical altercation and reportedly asked her father to call police.