BOONE, N.C.\u00a0\u2014 Two North Carolina sheriff\u2019s deputies were shot and wounded during a standoff Wednesday, and officials say one of the deputies who was shot was still at the scene.<\/p>\n
The Watauga County Sheriff\u2019s Office said the shooter remains barricaded in a portion of the home and has periodically fired at law enforcement officers nearby.<\/p>\n
Deputies were dispatched to a home in Boone at 9:44 a.m. after the homeowner and his family did not report for work or answer telephone calls, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.<\/p>\n
Deputies entered the home and were fired upon, the news release said. One deputy was shot, removed from the house and taken to a hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee. The second deputy is still at the scene of the standoff and the condition isn\u2019t known, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s office says law enforcement has surrounded the home and residents in the vicinity of the standoff have been evacuated.<\/p>\n
Clarence Wilson, 78, was on the porch of his home in Boone when sheriff\u2019s deputies pulled up in front of the house across the street. Gunfire erupted after the deputies arrived, Wilson said.<\/p>\n