TWO VIRGINIA OFFICERS SHOT AFTER RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC DISPUTE

A suspect was taken into custody after the Christmas Eve shooting. (ARTOLYMPIC/GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO)

A man blasted two Virginia deputies during a Christmas Eve feud with his teen daughter, officials said Sunday night, police said.

The deputies, a man and woman, are expected to be OK after being shot in the arms and legs in a bedroom of a Sterling home around 5 p.m., according to Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff Michael Chapman said deputies tried calming the irate dad down during the spate but he retreated to a bedroom.

The deputies followed him fearing he had a weapon, Chapman said. The father then grabbed a gun from a bedroom closet and fired off several shots as the deputies struggled to take him into custody.

One of the cops stunned him but a spray of bullets struck the female deputy in an arm. The second deputy, a man, was struck in an arm and both legs.

Chapman said he learned of the shooting while attending a Christmas Eve church service and is “grateful” both deputies did not suffer more serious injuries.

“It could have certainly been a lot of worse,” Chapman said.

Sterling, a town of roughly 30,000 residents, is about 30 miles from Washington, D.C. 

- ny news