KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - Two days of services are set to begin for an Indiana sheriff's deputy who was fatally wounded during a gunfight while trying to arrest a man.
Visitation for Howard County Deputy Carl Koontz begins Monday afternoon at the high school where he was assigned part-time for the past two years. The 27-year-old deputy's funeral will be Tuesday at Northwestern High School near Kokomo, with organizers expecting hundreds of police officers in attendance.
Police say Koontz was shot during a gunfight March 20 inside a mobile home in Russiaville (ROO'-shuh-vil) while seeking a man wanted for missing a court hearing on a drug paraphernalia charge. Another deputy wounded was released from a hospital the following day. Police say 25-year-old gunman Evan Dorsey killed himself.
Koontz was married with an 8-month-old son.
