Crime & Safety

1 Deput Shot, Suspect Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting In Spotsylvania: VSP

The county says there is no active threat to the community after the incident on Sunday.

Updated at 3 p.m.

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA – A Spotsylvania County deputy was injured in an exchange of fire with a suspect in a domestic shooting incident on Sunday afternoon. The suspect in the incident was killed.

According to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the 11000 block of Hickory Creek Drive in Fredericksburg at about 12:39 p.m. Sunday following reports of a domestic shooting.

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A suspect in a vehicle was identified, and responding deputies encircled the suspect on the 1100 block of Smoke Tree Boulevard.

The sheriff's office says the suspect drove his vehicle at the deputies and fired at them, wounding one. The office says deputies then returned fire, and the suspect, Jerson David Martinez-Coreva, 39, died at the scene.

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The deputy who was struck by gunfire was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the incident.

This story has been updated to include more information from Virginia State Police on the deputy and suspects' conditions.

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