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Deputies injured in shootout with suspect are expected to make a full recovery

The sheriff in a North Carolina county says that two deputies and a suspect were shot on Tuesday, and he expressed frustration that a murder suspect had been released from jail on bond before the shootings.
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The sheriff in a North Carolina county says that two deputies and a suspect were shot on Tuesday, and he expressed frustration that a murder suspect had been released from jail on bond before the shootings. 

The sheriff's office in a southeastern North Carolina county where two deputies were seriously wounded while attempting to arrest a wanted man says both are expected to make a full recovery.

Robeson County sheriff’s deputies Jonathan Walters and Kaelin Locklear were injured by gunfire and a police vehicle on Tuesday.

The sheriff's office said that Sheriff Burnis Wilkins visited the wounded deputies Wednesday at a hospital.

Authorities allege that the subject of the arrest warrant fired at the deputies and also was shot several times. The suspect was in critical but stable condition at another hospital.