Deputy, 2 others shot outside Okla. courthouse
March 07, 2012
Updated 6:23 PM ET[/i]
(CBS/AP) TULSA, Okla. - A sheriff's deputy and two other people were wounded Wednesday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire outside a courthouse plaza in Tulsa, police said.
Police spokesman Leland Ashley said authorities responded to a report of a person firing into the air between the Tulsa County Courthouse and the library. Deputies, including the one who was wounded, exchanged gunfire with the shooter, Ashley said.
"During the course of exchange of gunfire, an innocent bystander was hit," Ashley said. He said the injuries to the deputy and the bystander did not appear life-threatening.
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