Virginia deputy shooting manhunt after wildlife camera video

A massive manhunt is underway for a suspect accused of killing a Virginia sheriff's deputy and wounding another during a welfare check Friday night. The suspect, Michael Timothy Puckett, 55, was later spotted on a wildlife camera in North Carolina on Sunday morning, but remains at large and is considered armed and extremely dangerous.

The incident occurred just before 9:30 p.m. on Friday when two Carroll County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a home on Fancy Gap Highway after a family member requested a welfare check. Authorities said that upon making contact with Puckett at the residence, he opened fire on the deputies. Both officers were struck by gunfire.

Deputy Logan Utt, 31, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead. The second deputy was struck in his ballistic vest, which authorities said saved his life. That deputy was reported to be in stable condition and is receiving medical evaluation. The deputies returned fire during the encounter, but Puckett fled the scene.

Utt was a military veteran who had joined the sheriff's office in 2023. Sheriff Kevin Kemp said in a statement that becoming a deputy sheriff was Utt's lifelong dream and that he worked daily to...