Deputy shot by suspected immigrant released from hospital
Last Update: 4/30 9:57 pm
PINAL COUNTY, AZ -- Authorities have identified a Pinal County Sheriff's deputy who was shot by suspected undocumented immigrants in a desert area southwest of Casa Grande Friday afternoon.
Louie Puroll, 53, was taken to Casa Grande Regional Medical Center, and is expected to be OK after he was grazed by a bullet above his left kidney. He was released from the hospital Friday night.
According to Pinal County Sheriff's Lt. Tamatha Villar, Puroll was patrolling the desert alone when he found bales of ********* and was confronted by five suspected undocumented immigrants around 4:30 p.m. Two were apparently armed with rifles.
"He was out on his routine daily patrol in the area when he encountered a load of ********* out in the desert. He obviously confronted the individuals and took fire," Villar told The Associated Press. "I was speaking with him just a bit ago, and he's doing fantastic."
