Weakley County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s deputy Derrick Bonham was shot and fatally wounded Friday morning after responding to a call regarding possible shots fired.
A post from the Martin Police Department explained that officers responded to the call at 2:51 a.m., and Bonham and other deputies assisted.
The deputies “saw an occupied vehicle leaving 821 University St. … at which time the driver fired shots, striking a WCSO deputy.” Bonham was the wounded deputy, and he “was transported to Volunteer Community Hospital and later pronounced deceased.”
The shooting suspect is a female. WPSD reported that she struck Bonham with one round while shooting from inside the vehicle, then “allegedly left her vehicle and fired another shot at Bonham.”
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