Sheriff’s Deputy and Woman Killed in Colorado Home Shooting

Sheriff’s Deputy and Woman Killed in Colorado Home Shooting
Deputy Andrew Peery in an undated photo. El Paso County Sheriff's Office via AP
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A woman and a sheriff’s deputy were fatally shot at a home in southern Colorado over the weekend and the suspected gunman was later found dead inside the home, authorities said Monday.

El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Peery, 39, was wounded Sunday after he arrived with two other law enforcement officers to investigate a report of a shooting at the home in the community of Security-Widefield near Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs police said in a statement. John Paz, 33, fired at the officers, hitting Peery, and another sheriff’s deputy returned fire, police said.