3 Injured, 1 Killed in Shootout
Two Tulare County sheriff’s deputies were shot and wounded and a deputy marshal was injured while serving a warrant Thursday, and the suspected gunman was shot and killed, authorities said.
The suspect, Ronald Marain, 54, died at the scene.
The two deputies and the Porterville Municipal Court marshal were fired upon at 5:30 p.m. as they tried to serve a warrant on Marain--for driving without a valid license--at a house in Strathmore, said Sheriff’s Lt. Ray Lovelady.
Two officers were taken to Sierra View Hospital in Porterville. Deputy Joe Teller was in stable condition with a stomach wound. Deputy Marshal Bryan Tenhet was treated for cuts from flying glass.
Deputy Wayne White was in stable condition at Kaweah Delta Hospital in Visalia with wounds to the shoulder and foot.
Other people were inside the house in the rural community about 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles. There were no other injuries reported, said Sheriff’s Sgt. Daryl Mackey.
Marain’s brother, Henry, said there had been longstanding bad feelings between his brother and local authorities.
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