04:24, Apr 30 2021 Uncredited/AP Law enforcement work the scene of a fatal shooting outside a home in Boone, North Carolina. Two deputies were killed and three other people including a suspected gunman were found dead after a lengthy standoff in North Carolina, US, a sheriff's office said Thursday (local time). The Watauga County Sheriff’s office said Sgt Chris Ward and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox were dispatched to a home in Boone at 9:44am Wednesday after the homeowner and his family didn’t report to work or answer telephone calls. Both were hit by gunfire. Other officers were able to pull out Ward, who later died at a hospital. Fox died at the scene.