BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) - Jackson County Court deputies shot and wounded a man Friday while they were trying to serve an eviction notice in suburban Kansas City, officials said.
The process servers went to a home in Blue Springs to serve the eviction notice. The man who lived in the home pointed a weapon at the two deputies, who then shot him, Jackson County Court spokeswoman Valerie Hartman said in a news release.
The man was hospitalized with serious injuries. The deputies were not injured.
Blue Springs police spokesman Capt. Jeff Sargent said process servers are officers of the court and are usually armed because “it is common for violence to occur during an eviction process.”
The deputies were placed on paid administrative leave.
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