Suspect Killed After Shooting Sheriff’s Deputy

(WBAP/KLIF) — Authorities say a suspect being pursued by sheriff’s deputies in West Texas was killed after shooting a deputy in the leg.  The Ector County sheriff’s office says deputies were trying to pull over a person wanted on a parole violation when the vehicle with two people inside led deputies on a chase in Odessa.

When the vehicle eventually stopped, the two people inside it fled on foot.  Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis said one of the suspects pulled out a gun, and fired at the deputies, hitting one of them. Griffis says law enforcement returned fire, killing the suspect.

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