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DEPUTIES
2 Falls County sheriff's deputies were shot and killed today KEITN when they tried to arrest a man just outside the city limits of Marlin in Central Texas. The deputies....Elbert vatkins, about 60-years of age... and Dean Humphus,qW about 25...were both shot in the head. Shortly after the deputies were killed...a suspect armed with a shotgun surrendered to other officers after they fired several warning shots. Jailed tonight without bond is 26-year old Douglas Stewart of Mrlin. He has been charged with 2 counts of murder.