Police were searching for at least one suspect who was wearing body armor and carrying a semi-automatic rifle after a Riverside County, Calif. sheriff’s deputy was shot on Tuesday afternoon.
Sheriff’s spokesman Albert Martinez said the deputy was responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call at a home in Moreno Valley, Calif. when he was shot, according to Los Angeles TV station KABC. The deputy was able to call for back-up, Martinez said, and a SWAT team had the home surrounded as of 11 p.m. local time.
Authorities were looking for one or two suspects who were wearing body armor and armed with an AR-15 rifle, according to KABC.
The news station reported that investigators believe two other crime scenes were connected to the deputy’s shooting. A 74-year-old woman was found dead inside a bullet-riddled SUV at a gas station in Moreno Valley. Family members said the woman’s son-in-law was also killed inside a second home.
The injured deputy had been transported to a local medical center with non-life threatening injuries and later released.
Update: Police said on Wednesday morning the suspect had been found dead.
This post has been updated.