The two deputies shot in Walton on Thursday night were each shot multiple times, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement released early Aug. 29.
Both deputies were in stable condition at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The man who shot them was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the sheriff’s office.
The shooting drew a massive response for law enforcement agencies around the area .
Deputies arrived at the home in the 13000 block of Service Road just after 9:20 p.m. Aug. 28, according to Major Phillip Ridgell with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
Just after 10 p.m., after confirming the wanted suspect was inside the residence, “deputies breached the front door and prepared to enter,” Ridgell said in the statement. As they entered, the man fired multiple rounds, striking two deputies multiple times, according to the statement.
After the deputies were evacuated, the man barricaded himself alone inside the residence and a SWAT team with negotiators were called to the scene.
“This is the worst nightmare type of situation,” Rigell said at the scene while the man was barricaded.
The man did not respond to the attempts to contact him, so the SWAT team deployed gas canisters into the apartment. The man still did not respond, but negotiators kept trying to communicate with him.
Around midnight, a drone was flown into the apartment, where the man was discovered dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a second-floor bedroom. A firearm was recovered near his body.