A Randolph County deputy shot and injured an armed man Wednesday, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s department said they went to a home in Asheboro for a welfare check at about 5 p.m. when a man armed with a gun ran from deputies.
The department has not identified the man or the deputies involved.
Deputies set a perimeter around the house and saw the man about an hour later, the sheriff’s office said.
“The subject was seen running toward his residence while still armed and encountered law enforcement. Shots were fired and the subject was wounded,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
This is the third incident in a week for North Carolina’s Triad region involving police shootings.
Earlier Wednesday, a man shot and injured a Caswell County deputy before barricading himself in a home.
On Friday, a man wanted in a homicide died after getting into a shootout with police in Clemmons. One officer was injured in the Clemmons shooting.
In eastern North Carolina, hundreds of police officers and deputies from around the state gathered in Mount Olive Tuesday for the funeral of Wayne County Sgt. Matthew Fishman. He was shot Aug. 1 while serving involuntary commitment papers and died the next day.
Two other deputies were injured in the Wayne County shooting but survived.