Sheriff: Two deputies, suspect wounded

MAXTON — Two Robeson County sheriff‘s deputies were shot Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said.

Sheriff Burnis Wilkins confirmed the deputies had been wounded in an area outside of Maxton close to the South Carolina line, the sheriff’s office said in a social media post.

A person the sheriff’s office described only as a suspect also had been shot, the news release said.

The deputies were being treated for multiple gunshot wounds, and the suspect was transported, but the sheriff’s office didn’t say where they were being treated.

Wilkins and the district attorney were at the shooting scene, and the sheriff’s office had requested assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the State Bureau of Investigation, the release said.

Officers had cordoned off a home with yellow police tape, WPDE-TV reported.