WALTON, KY (WXIX) - Two deputies were shot multiple times while serving an arrest warrant at a Northern Kentucky apartment before the suspect turned the gun on himself, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.

The deputies were serving a felony warrant for overdue child support to a man at an apartment off Towne Creek Drive when they were met with “heavy gunfire” just after 10 p.m. Thursday, said Major Phillip Ridgell.

“This is a worst nightmare type of situation,” he said.

They began to run as shots were fired from inside the building, according to video shared with FOX19 NOW.

Both deputies were shot multiple times.

One deputy was shot in his chest and airlifted to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, according to Major Ridgell.

The other was hit in his leg and transp

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