MORGAN COUNTY — A Morgan County Sheriff's Deputy was shot around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday during a SWAT situation in Martinsville.
According to sources, the deputy Mallory Schwab received treatment at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was released from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
"I did talk to her before she left. Knowing Mallory, she was sitting up in a lot of pain. I reached into kiss her and she said — well I can't tell you what she said — but she said 'don't do that sheriff it hurts'," Sheriff Rich Myers said. "She's in good shape, we're thankful."
The SWAT team remained at the scene in the 7000 block of Beech Grove Road for several hours before learning the barricaded subject, a 15-year-old boy, had died. The call to the scene was originally a welfare check after a worrisome social media post. Investigators say they attempted to make contact with the subject inside the home, using cell phones, non-lethal gas and robots in an attempt to de-escalate the situation.
"Having a young man do this is stressful for everybody involved," Sheriff Myers said.
Schwab is in her first month with the sheriff's office in Morgan County. She was formally with the Martinsville Police Department.
She is a Murray State University graduate, where she played basketball before entering the United States Army reserves.
"The circumstance today is not surprising. She was there to help a young man who was going through a struggle and she became a part of the story today and that’s unfortunate," Kip Staggs, Martinsville High School Athletic Director told WRTV on Tuesday.
Sheriff Myers says he has no timetable when Deputy Schawb will return to the force.
Investigators have not officially released the cause of the boys death.
