Law enforcement personnel respond to a shooting that left a sheriff's deputy critically wounded in Lake Placid, Fla.

 (Highlands County Sheriff's Office)
























A Florida sheriff's deputy was in critical condition Sunday night after he was shot while responding to a reported "neighbor dispute," authorities said.



















The Highlands County Sheriff's Office said the deputy was shot shortly before 8 p.m. after making contact with the resident of a home in Lake Placid. The deputy was airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers.





















A second deputy arrested a suspect, who was identified as a 69-year-old man. No further details about the suspect for the deputy were immediately available.














"Please keep the deputy and his family in your prayers," the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post.












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