Two sheriff's deputies in
Indiana were shot, one of them fatally, while serving a warrant for
drug-related offenses on Sunday, police said.
A suspect, who has not been identified, died in the incident, which took place in Russiaville in central Indiana, about 50 miles north of Indianapolis, they said.
Deputy
Carl Koontz of the Howard County Sheriff's Department was killed in
the incident, and Deputy Sergeant Jordan Buckley was wounded, Indiana
State Police said. Buckley was in stable condition at a hospital.
The two were shot at after they knocked on the door of a residence to serve the warrant. They then returned fire.
"With an extremely heavy heart I'm sorry to report Deputy Carl Koontz has succumbed to his wounds," a State Police spokesman, Sergeant John Perrine, said on his Twitter feed.
Koontz had been with the State Police for nearly three years, while Buckley was a nine-year veteran of the force, according to Perrine.
A suspect, who has not been identified, died in the incident, which took place in Russiaville in central Indiana, about 50 miles north of Indianapolis, they said.
![Deputy Carl A. Koontz, 27, left, and Sergeant Jordan J. Buckley, 35, right of the Howard County Sheriff Department is seen in an undated photo provided by the Indiana State Police. Howard County Sheriff Steven Rogers says Deputy Koontz died at an Indianapolis hospital after being shot about 12:30 a.m. Sunday at a mobile home in Russiaville, about 60 miles north of Indianapolis. Indiana State Police say a second deputy, Sgt. Jordan Buckley, also was shot and is in stable condition, alert and conscious. The suspected shooter, who has not been identified, died.]({"default":{"load":"default","w":"73","h":"33","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBqHCWx.img?h=328&w=728&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=45&y=302"},"size3column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"28","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBqHCWx.img?h=281&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=45&y=302"},"size2column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h":"28","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBqHCWx.img?h=281&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=45&y=302"}})
Deputy
Carl Koontz of the Howard County Sheriff's Department was killed in
the incident, and Deputy Sergeant Jordan Buckley was wounded, Indiana
State Police said. Buckley was in stable condition at a hospital.The two were shot at after they knocked on the door of a residence to serve the warrant. They then returned fire.
"With an extremely heavy heart I'm sorry to report Deputy Carl Koontz has succumbed to his wounds," a State Police spokesman, Sergeant John Perrine, said on his Twitter feed.
Koontz had been with the State Police for nearly three years, while Buckley was a nine-year veteran of the force, according to Perrine.
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