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Manhunt Ends with Suspect Shot Dead

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ISP: Police shot and killed Austin Schepers in Louisville; he was wanted for wounding an Orange County Sheriff's deputy

A manhunt for the shooter of a southern Indiana sheriff’s deputy ended over the weekend with the suspect shot to death in Louisville. WNIN’s John Gibson reports:

Indiana State Police say its investigators and Louisville police officers confronted Austin Schepers at a home Saturday night.

The ISP says the confrontation resulted in Schepers being shot and killed at the scene by law enforcement.

There was no word of any injuries to police.

Scheper was accused of wounding Orange County Deputy Sheriff Zac Andry early Friday,

He then fled the scene.