A gunfight Sunday night in Montrose left a suspect hospitalized in serious condition and a sheriff’s deputy uninjured.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is expected to review the shooting.
The deputy was responding to a call of a disturbance shortly before 6 p.m. by people in a home where the disturbance was happening. Upon arrival, the deputy faced gunfire, Montrose County Sheriff Gene Lillard said. “The guy came out from behind the house and started shooting at the deputy.”
The deputy returned fire “and incapacitated the suspect,” Lillard said. “The suspect went down. The deputy was not hit. His Tahoe received a lot of damage.”
The suspected was recovering in the Montrose Regional Hospital, listed in “serious but stable” condition.
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