A Rockingham County deputy is in the hospital after being shot early Tuesday morning.
At about 1:30 a.m. the deputy, who was working part-time for the Broadway Police Department, stopped a 2001 BMW sedan for a traffic violation, near the intersection of Daphna Road and Brethren Road, according to Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson.
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As the deputy approached the BMW, the driver, later identified as Randall Hopper, of Harrisonburg, shot him four times and then drove away.
A nearby Timberville police officer was able to start chasing the BMW and another deputy joined that pursuit.
At one point during the chase, Hutcheson said Hopper slowed down to let a passenger out and then kept going.
Then, during the chase, Hopper shot himself and the BMW then veered off the road.
Both he and the injured deputy were taken to a hospital.
The deputy is recovering and is in serious but stable condition, according to Hutcheson.
Hopper died soon after arriving at the hospital.
A GoFundMe page set up to help the deputy has raised nearly $20,000 in 19 hours.
Virginia State Police is leading the investigation.