Fresno County sheriff’s deputy injured in shooting. Gunman remains at large
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A Fresno County Sheriff’s deputy was injured in a shooting late Tuesday morning in rural northeast Fresno County.
That deputy, John Erickson, 49, was shot in the leg and was on his way to surgery at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno on Tuesday afternoon, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced during a news conference.
Mims said Erickson was talking and never lost consciousness.
The shooting happened in the 29000 block of Quail Springs Lane just after 11 a.m.
Law enforcement is still searching for the gunman and no arrests have been made.
Mims said Tuesday afternoon that she was not ready to release a suspect’s name, but that the gunman was firing at deputies once they responded to a call regarding a property dispute.
Mims said the suspected gunman was inside a house, surrounded by law enforcement. Deputies were communicating with him by telephone.
Near the staging area at Sierra Elementary School, dozens of police and deputies congregated. A Clovis Police armored vehicle was on scene and law-enforcement officers could be seen wearing heavy protective gear, getting ready to join the search for the gunman.
Soon after the shooting, a California Highway Patrol helicopter landed in the area to whisk the injured deputy away, which landed on the rooftop around 12:30 p.m.
This story was originally published July 2, 2019 at 12:16 PM.