Walker Co. Shooting

A Walker County deputy shot a suspect today at a domestic violence call.

A confrontation between a walker county man and law enforcement this morning turned deadly when the sheriff says he brandished a gun following a domestic incident.

Sheriff steve wilson says a woman called 9-1-1 to report she had been assaulted.

A deputy arrived at the home in the 13-hundred block of brotherton lane.

Two drug task force agents backed him up.

Wilson says the man met them, and pointed his weapon at them.

They fired, and the suspect was killed.

Sheriff wilson says those kind of calls can be deadly for deputies.

Domestic calls have always been one of the most dangerous calls that a law enforcement officer can roll up on.

Many times you hear of law enforcement officers being ambushed and shot before they can even get out of their car.

Knowing that it was such a dangerous call, i'm thankful that these other 2 agents backed up the primary deputy.

The woman who called deputies was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Sheriff wilson says, according to protocol, he has asked the g- b-i to investigate the incident.

They've been on the scene