According to a press release from the NCSO, the sheriff's department responded to a report of a shooting on Highway 20-26 in the late evening hours of August 9, 2022.
Correction Officer Martin Maldonado Jr. from the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington was involved in an off-duty shooting in Scottsbluff, NE yesterday afternoon and remains hospitalized.
According to the post, the man then got out of his car and shot at the deputy. A second deputy arrived on the scene, and the two deputies shot back at the suspect, who was hit.
A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago on Monday, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing in terror, police said.
The Casper Police Department recently announced that the officers involved in a March 2022 standoff in Natrona County that resulted in the death of a suspect were found justified in their actions.
Texas authorities say the gunman who massacred 21 people at an elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers.
A Border Patrol Agent is being credited for running into Robb Elementary School this week while an 18-year-old, who was armed with AR-15, was shooting kids and teachers.