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Man firing at deputies shot

The Columbian
Published: August 8, 2010, 12:00am

SEATTLE (AP) — The Okanogan County Sheriff says a deputy shot a 61-year-old man who was firing at authorities responding to a report he ran his wife over with a tractor.

James J. Landis is being treated for a hip wound hip from the shooting in Havillah Saturday night and his wife, whose leg was run over, also is being treated. None of the officers, who have not been identified, was hurt.

Sheriff Frank T. Rogers says Landis fired at a patrol car when deputies first arrived, but the officers pulled away and called for backup.

Rogers says Landis made his way to deputies and opened fire again with a pistol and a rifle, striking the patrol car. That’s when the deputy shot back.

Rogers says the neighboring Chelan County Sheriff’s office will investigate the deputy involved shooting.

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