Condition of Critically Wounded Va. Deputy Improves

Jan. 13, 2023
Chesapeake Sheriff's Deputy Scott Chambers, who was shot while serving an arrest warrant on a murder suspect earlier this week, is awake, talking and “doing very well," according to the agency.

Investigator Scott Chambers, a deputy with the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office, is in stable condition after being shot in the line of duty this week.

According to a Friday update from the sheriff’s office, Chambers is awake, talking and “doing very well.” His family has set up a GoFundMe to support him in his recovery.

On Wednesday, Chambers was helping to serve an arrest warrant on a murder suspect as part of a U.S. Marshal’s Task Force when he was shot twice by the suspect — once in the upper body and once in the lower body.

The suspect, wanted in a Dec. 25 homicide on Hampton’s Twin Lakes Circle, was shot by police and died at the scene.

Chambers has been a Chesapeake deputy for about four years and has been on the task force for about a year.

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