Elmore County Deputy Injured in Officer-Involved Shooting, Suspect Arrested

59-year-old Jeffrey Cofer/Source: Elmore County Jail

An Elmore County deputy is recovering at a local hospital after being shot in Eclectic Saturday night.

Elmore County Sheriff’s Office Major C.B. Ogden said the incident started around 9 p.m. on Claud Road in Eclectic.

Deputies received a call regarding a barricaded subject.

Special Operations with Elmore County responded to the call and one of the deputies, who was part of that team, was shot by 59-year-old Jeffrey Cofer.

The deputy sustained a gunshot wound to his right shoulder and is expected to be okay.

After a several hour standoff, Maj. Ogden said Jeffrey Cofer was taken into custody without incident.

Cofer is in the Elmore County Jail and charged with attempted murder.