Man accused of killing Carroll County resident virginiaA deputy was taken into custody in Surry County on the evening of Friday, May 29, during a welfare check. North CarolinaThe Carroll County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday, May 31. Michael Puckett was the subject of a massive multi-agency manhunt that spanned the Virginia and North Carolina border and lasted more than two days after Deputy Logan Utt was shot and killed, WFMY News reports.
“Michael Puckett has been arrested in Surry County, North Carolina. Thank you to all neighboring law enforcement agencies and the entire community for their assistance in the arrest,” the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office shared on Facebook.
Who is Michael Puckett?
Little is known about Puckett’s background. on Friday, delegates They were sent to a home on Fancy Gap Highway around 9:26 p.m. after a family member requested a welfare check. When they arrived, Puckett fired at responding officers, according to investigators.
Ute was shot and died at the scene. Another deputy was shot while wearing a bulletproof vest. He survived and is currently in stable condition.
Puckett then fled on foot. He was captured after wildlife cameras captured him on Greenhill Road in Surry County at 6:56 a.m. on Sunday.
Virginia State Police, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and multiple North Carolina law enforcement agencies participated in the search, which was centered in the Cana, Virginia area.
What we know about the victims
Ute is an Army veteran and former Mount Airy firefighter. He will join the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office in 2023. Ute, a husband and father, has said it was his lifelong dream to become a deputy sheriff.
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“Today, Carroll County lost a hero and a family suffered an unimaginable loss,” Carroll County Sheriff Kevin A. Kemp said, according to WFMY News.
The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Wytheville Field Office is investigating the shooting.
