LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina deputy was shot Saturday while responding to a domestic call between a husband and wife, leading police to negotiate with the husband who barricaded himself inside a Lexington home, officials said.
Mark Louis Cote, 70, was taken into custody early Sunday morning, authorities said.
The wounded deputy was treated and released Saturday from a hospital for a non life-threatening gunshot wound to the upper body, a Lexington County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Capt. Adam Myrick said.
The deputy who was shot was one of three officers responded Saturday afternoon to a 911 call related to a domestic situation, Myrick said.
At least one officer fired back, investigators said. Deputies did not say how many or where the shots were fired.
Cote barricaded himself inside the home alone and deputies negotiated with him for several hours, Myrick said..
Cote’s wife is safe after she went to a neighbor’s home and called 911, deputies said.
The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the shooting.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.