Commonwealth's attorney rules officer-involved shooting justified Millie Rothrock | Staff Jan 11, 2019 Jan 11, 2019 Updated May 7, 2019 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Virginia State Police investigation into an officer-involved shooting that wounded a Wythe County deputy has been completed.kAmkDA2?mkDA2?m k^DA2?m(JE96 r@F?EJ r@>>@?H62=E9’D pEE@C?6J |:<6 y@?6D 56E6C>:?65 E92E E96 }@G] `c[ a_`g[ D9@@E:?8 562E9 @7 ~=2;FH@? |FCA9J 2E E96 vC6J9@F?5 qFD $E2E:@? :? u@CE r9:DH6== H2D ;FDE:7:65]k^DA2?mk^AmkAmkDA2?m(JE96 r@F?EJ s6AFEJ y24@3 v@:?D H2D D9@E :? E96 =68 5FC:?8 E96 :?4:56?E 2?5 :D C6923:=:E2E:?8]k^DA2?mk^AmkAmkDA2?m%96 =6EE6C A2:?ED 2 5C2>2E:4 62C=J >@C?:?8 D46?6 H:E9 |FCA9J 7:C:?8 2E @77:46CD 7C@> EH@ 8F?D 2?5 96C@:4D @? 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