SALEM, Va. (AP) - A suspect who was shot and killed after exchanging gunfire with a Virginia sheriff’s deputy was identified Monday as a 46-year-old man from Florida, Virginia State Police said.
Robert Harman Sword, of Orlando, was fatally shot by a Botetourt County Sheriff’s deputy on Friday as the office responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle near Buchanan, State Police confirmed to news outlets.
Sword displayed a gun and began shooting as a deputy approached him at a campsite nearby, officials said. He fled into a wooded area and when deputies encountered him again, one fired their weapon and fatally struck him, according to State Police.
The medical examiner’s office determined Sword suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and left arm, The Roanoke Times reported.
State Police is investigating the shooting at the request of the sheriff’s office.
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