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Va. police search for man who shot sheriff’s deputy, 2 others

The Associated Press

DRAPER, Va. — Police in western Virginia are searching for a man suspected of shooting a neighbor to death and wounding another neighbor and a sheriff’s deputy.

A woman was hurt when she jumped from the second floor of a house to escape a fire apparently connected to the shootings Tuesday morning.

Virginia State Police Sgt. Michael Conroy says police are searching two counties for Douglas Albert Jaccard. Court records show the 58-year-old was scheduled to enter a plea Wednesday to two counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor, abduction and possession of explosives by a convicted felon.

Conroy says the sheriff’s deputy was protected by a bulletproof vest and a hospital says he’s in stable condition.

Five schools in the area are locked down but officials say students are safe.