Officer Shot Reportedly Amid Georgeville Land Dispute

We begin tonight with breaking news out west, where a police officer was shot this afternoon while responding to a land dispute in the Maya Ranch area of Georgeville. News Five has confirmed that the injured officer is Sergeant Dalon Kelly. According to early reports, Sgt. Kelly and a team of officers headed out just after 3:30 this afternoon to check on a disturbance along the road to Mountain Pine Ridge, an area where residents tell us tensions over land have been simmering for quite some time. But that situation took a sudden and violent turn. While officers were on the scene, Sgt. Kelly was shot in the abdomen. He was rushed to the Western Regional Hospital, where he remains in stable condition tonight and is receiving treatment. Police have since detained one man and recovered a nine-millimeter pistol, which investigators believe was used in the shooting. That individual is now in custody as the investigation moves forward. Residents in the area say disputes over land in Maya Ranch have been building for months, but today’s shooting marks a dangerous escalation, one that hits especially hard because it involves a police officer responding to a disturbance. For now, police say their investigation is ongoing, and we’ll continue following this developing story as more details become available.

 

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