Elmore County deputies take gunfire in Montgomery

Antonio Crumpton

It all started with an attempted traffic stop for an expired tag near state prisons on Highway 143 in Elmore County and ended with gunshots off the Northern Boulevard in Montgomery.

A vehicle fails to stop in the early morning hours of Aug. 21, 2022. Elmore County deputy sheriff’s start a chase that ends in northern Montgomery and law enforcement taking fire. An arrest comes 14 months later.