LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) – A Lee County deputy shot while serving a rape warrant last week will not need additional surgeries, according to the sheriff’s office.
The deputy was shot in the arm and doctors are optimistic about the timeframe for his recovery after a latest follow-up, the sheriff’s office said.
The shooting happened last Wednesday after a woman escaped a home in the Loachapoka community and ran to a nearby school. She told a resource officer her boyfriend, identified as Guatemalan national Wilder Cobon Gomez, held her against her will and sexually assaulted her…