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5 dead, including 2 deputies, after 13-hour standoff in North Carolina
WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. — Five people, including two Watauga County sheriff’s deputies, are dead Thursday following a 13-hour standoff in North Carolina, according to WSOC-TV.
Deputies said Sgt. Chris Ward died at a hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee, after he was shot while responding around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday to a report that a homeowner and his family had not reported to work and would not answer telephone calls, the news station reported. Authorities identified the other slain official as K-9 Deputy Logan Fox, who was shot and died at the scene of the hourslong standoff, WSOC reported.
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