2 Deputies Shot to Death; Suspect Is Hunted
From Times Wire Reports
Two sheriff’s deputies were fatally shot while serving a warrant at a junkyard in a rural part of the state, authorities said.
Officials were hunting for the suspect who got away, identified on wanted posters as Dustin F. Briggs, 27.
The shootings happened at Briggs’ junkyard in Wells Township, a farming community about 10 miles southwest of Elmira, N.Y., said Walt Beach, the police chief in neighboring Lawrenceville.
Briggs had been wanted on a warrant for failing to appear in court.
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