 One person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Coeburn Sunday morning. The Dickenson County Sheriff's Office reports that a deputy attempted to stop a vehicle driving on Rachel's Chapel Road at around 1:20 a.m. Sunday. The driver, 38-year-old Jason Neal Puckett, reportedly left the vehicle and aimed a gun at the deputy, leading to the deputy shooting Puckett. He was transported to the Dickenson County Hospital where he later died. The deputy was not injured in the shooting. Virginia State Police's Wytheville Field Office is leading the investigation into the shooting.
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