One Baldwin County sheriff's deputy was killed Friday and another
was injured in a gunfight that also claimed the life of a man who
exchanged gunfire with the deputies.
The gunfire
erupted after Michael Jansen pulled a handgun on the three deputies
outside a home south of Fairhope on Mallard Lane, Sheriff Huey "Hoss"
Mack said.
The three deputies, armed with their
service weapons, went to the 11800 block of Mallard Lane at about 4
p.m. Friday to check on a family disturbance involving Jansen, Mack
said.
The gunfire took the life of Deputy Scott
Ward, 47. Ward was pronounced dead after he was taken by helicopter to
the University of South Alabama Medical Center.
"I
have worked with him his entire time that he has been with the
Sheriff's Office," Mack said. "He was a great law enforcement officer."
The second deputy also was taken by helicopter to University of South
Alabama Medical Center. He was in serious condition late Friday night,
the sheriff said.
Jansen was pronounced dead at the scene.
The third deputy who was involved in the shootout was not hurt, Mack said.
The Sheriff's Office withheld the names of the surviving deputies.
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