North Carolina deputy hurt after bullet hits windshield
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A North Carolina sheriff's deputy has been hurt after a bullet hit the windshield of his patrol car during a chase.
The Rutherford County sheriff's department says the officer is recovering after the shooting about 11 p.m. Tuesday near Ellenboro.
Sheriff Chris Francis told news outlets a Forest City police officer was trying to make a traffic stop when a pickup truck drove away. Deputies took up the chase and Francis says someone in the truck fired at the officers.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}One shot hit the windshield of Deputy Jeffrey Burgess, who was hit by fragments. Burgess was treated and released from a Shelby hospital.
Francis says investigators think a man and woman were in the truck. They have not been found.
Ellenboro is about 60 miles (96 kilometers) west of Charlotte.