Off-duty deputy injured after early morning shooting in Virginia

by: WAVY Web Desk, WFXRtv.com Digital Desk

Posted: Dec 28, 2020 / 06:47 AM EST / Updated: Dec 28, 2020 / 07:03 AM EST

YORK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY/WFXR) — Authorities are investigating a shooting that injured an off-duty deputy in York County early Monday morning.

The York Poquoson Sheriff’s Office said they were notified at 4:02 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, for the shooting in the 100 block of Leslie Lane.

Officials say the suspect was breaking into vehicles; a male homeowner, who is an off-duty deputy, confronted the suspect; and was shot.

The homeowner was transported to a local hospital and currently in stable condition. A suspect has been detained, according to officials.

The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office told WFXR’s sister station the homeowner is “up alert and talking” and asks residents to send his family prayers.

Breaking: An off- duty sheriff’s deputy was shot while confronting someone trying to break into cars in the Tabb Lakes neighborhood in #Yorktown.
We’re told the deputy is in stable condition.#YPSO has one person is in custody.
More details coming up on @WAVY_News at 6:30a.m. pic.twitter.com/KQwJY33iDA
— Kiahnna Patterson (@KPattersonWAVY) December 28, 2020

No additional details have been released. If you have any information that can help the sheriff’s office, you are asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.