GRANGEVILLE, Idaho—An Idaho County sheriff’s deputy remains hospitalized in serious condition following a fatal shootout with a man wanted on a felony warrant in Colorado.
The Lewiston Tribune reports Deputy Fred Carey was wounded in the ankle and abdomen Wednesday morning during an exchange of gunfire with 47-year-old Curtis Scrivner. Carey remained hospitalized Thursday.
Officers had been looking for Scrivner since Tuesday, when he displayed a firearm and fled from a deputy who was trying to arrest him on a felony warrant from El Paso County, Colo. Road construction workers spotted Scrivner Wednesday and called authorities.
Witnesses said Scrivner was laying in the grass and opened fire when officers arrived. Carey was hit and then another officer shot toward where Scrivner was, killing him.
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Information from: Lewiston Tribune,
