05/31/2026
Updated:
Captured in Surry County
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Surry County
Public Safety Alert: Law enforcement personnel are searching for an armed and dangerous suspect in the North Franklin area of Greenhill and Lakemont. Subject is a 55 YOM, last seen shirtless wearing a gray ball cap, green shorts, and wearing an orange western style rug on his back. If seen call 9-1-1. DO NOT approach. DO
NOT confront suspect.
The FBI is offering a reward up to $50,000 for information to locate and capture Michael Timothy Puckett. This adds to the $10,000 already being offered by the U.S. Marshals Service for a combined reward up to $60,000.
FBI Richmond is assisting the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Marshals, the Virginia State Police, and multiple local and state agencies in a manhunt for Puckett, who is facing an Aggravated Murder charge in Virginia.
Carroll County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a welfare check at Puckett's home on Fancy Gap Highway on Friday at approximately 9:30 p.m. When they arrived and made contact, authorities said Puckett opened fire, shooting both deputies, killing one deputy and injuring the second. He then fled the scene.
