Indiana sheriff’s deputy shot three times in hospital ER after stopping to help stranded motorist
An Indiana sheriff’s deputy was shot three times in a hospital emergency room after stopping to assist a stranded motorist. The deputy, Jon Samuelson, is in critical condition, while the alleged shooter, Sharod Grafton Jr., was arrested shortly after the incident. Authorities are investigating the shooting, which they have described as an isolated incident with no ongoing threat to the public.
- ▪Deputy Jon Samuelson was shot three times by Sharod Grafton Jr. in a hospital emergency room.
- ▪Samuelson was airlifted to South Bend Memorial Hospital and remains in critical condition.
- ▪Grafton was arrested in the woods near the hospital shortly after the shooting.
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| Publication time | Fri, 22 May 2026 22:45:06 -0400 |
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US News Indiana sheriff’s deputy shot three times in hospital ER after stopping to help stranded motorist By Louis Casiano, Fox News Published May 22, 2026, 10:45 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Originally Published by: Video shows police take down cop killer with armored vehicle Sea of blue floods Chicago funeral for slain officer North Carolina police officer killed in line of duty An Indiana sheriff’s deputy was shot three times Friday morning in a hospital emergency room by a stranded motorist he had stopped to help and later learned might be connected to an earlier crime, authorities said.
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