ORANGEFIELD, Texas — An Orange County deputy is out of the hospital after being mistakenly shot at through a door by a resident at a home in Orangefield while responding to a burglary call Wednesday morning.
Just before 9 a.m. the Orange County Sheriff's Office received a report of a "burglary in progress" at a home in the 7800 block Greenwood Dr in Orangefield according to Capt. Joey Jacobs of the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
A man called dispatchers and told them his wife was at their home alone and that at the time she was having an altercation with someone who was trying to break into the home according to Jacobs.
When the deputy arrived at the home to investigate he knocked on the door but got no answer Orange County Sheriff Jimmy Lane Mooney told 12News Wednesday.
Because the caller had reported that his wife was involved in a struggle with an intruder inside the house the deputy attempted to force the door open Mooney said.
At this point the woman fired a shot through the door from inside the house Mooney told 12News.
“As of now I do not know if there will be charges filed. We are not ruling anything out at this point," Mooney said. "We are still looking at video and doing the investigation."
Previously, the sheriff’s office described his injury as a graze, but they later tell 12News the bullet was stopped by the deputy's bulletproof vest and duty belt.
The deputy was shot in the lower abdomen and may have internal bruising but is OK according to Jacobs.
After investigating, deputies determined that there was no evidence that an intruder was ever at the home, Jacobs told 12News.
Deputies are not currently looking for any suspects he said.
Orangefield Independent School District was briefly put on lockdown due to the incident. Deputies were at Orangefield High School when they received the call, allowing them to get to the house within two minutes according to Jacobs.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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