WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C.
Chris Ward and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox, along with a female deputy, were dispatched to a home on Hardaman Circle at 9:44 a.m.
Hagaman said Ward died at a hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he was taken after being removed from the house.
Hagaman said a Boone police officer, a Boone firefighter and an App State police officer also came under fire as they tried to rescue the wounded deputies.
Hagaman said that deputies had been to the home over the weekend but it was unclear why.
Channel 9 was there just after midnight as a procession made its way down Highway 421 for one of the fallen deputies.
The saving grace though is the community has come together in support, both mentally, physically, spiritually.
Channel 9 reporter Anthony Kustura spoke with Donna Ward, a relative of Chris Ward, Thursday morning at the memorial, where she dropped off a flag and a blue bow.
“We had a full parking lot, and we quickly had to turn the parking lot over,” Houston said.
From Chopper 9 Skyzoom, we could see more than a dozen emergency vehicles responding to the scene, including at least three ambulances.