Elkin Gomez, 26 (Photo / Stutsman County Jail)
KULM, N.D. (KFGO) – Charges of attempted murder have been filed against a Seattle, Washington man who’s accused of shooting McIntosh County, North Dakota Sheriff Steve Delzer in the hand during an exchange of gunfire southwest of Kulm in south-central North Dakota.
Elkin Gomez, 26, also faces charges in Lamoure County District Court of felony assault for hitting a McIntosh County Deputy in the head with a tire jack. The third charge is reckless endangerment for firing several shots at officers.
Lamoure County Sheriff Bob Fernandez says while the school in Kulm was placed in a brief lockdown, he doesn’t believe students or faculty were in danger. The shooting took place Thursday morning on State Highway 13. Gomez is in the Stutsman County Jail in Jamestown.
Sheriff Delzer says he and the deputy who was also injured are on standard administrative leave.
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