Charges Filed in Deputy Shooting

WASKOM � A Harrison County Sheriff�s deputy is okay after being shot and a suspect is in custody. Merrill Wickware, 81, remains in the county jail, charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer. He is being held without bond. It happened around 3:45 Wednesday afternoon on Farm Road 9, south of Waskom.

According to a news release from the sheriff�s department, Lt. Duana Couch was conducting an investigation regarding a court-ordered seizure of an RV on the property when she was shot. Her head was grazed by a shot from a 22-caliber pistol. She was treated and released from Good Shepherd Medical Center in Marshall. Authorities say the suspect barricaded himself in his mobile home but surrendered when other officers arrived.