LOACHAPOKA, Ala. (WTVM) – The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation launched an officer-involved shooting investigation Wednesday involving a Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy.
The incident occurred at approximately 5:36 p.m. when deputies were attempting to serve an arrest warrant for first-degree rape at a residence in the 900 block of County Road 188 in Loachapoka. The suspect, later identified as Wilder Cobon Gomez, 36, a Guatemalan national, fired at deputies, striking one deputy in the arm. One of the deputies returned fire, fatally wounding Gomez.
The injured deputy was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment. Gomez was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has been transported to the Alabama Department of Forensics Sciences for an autopsy…