sheriff gerald atinoro is thankful everyone involved in saturday's shooting is alive. recovering from his injuries. the shooting happened around 4:30 saturday afternoon in the virginia city highlands. authorities say the deputy was responding to a domestic violence call when he was shot in the back. the suspect in the case is a 51- year-old, charles stutts, accused of firing multiple shots from a rifle which hit the deputy and another person at the scene. sheriff atinoro says his deputy was able to return fire which caused stutts to surrender. stutts, the deputy and the other victim were all treated for nonlife threatening injuries. stutts was taken into custody and is facing charges of officer. domestic battery. details yet. don't know the -- what was going through the perpetrator's mind at the time. the investigation. i would say it's an isolated incident. i believe this is the first time we've had a deputy shot >> he says the nevada department of public safety investigation division has taken over the criminal investigation because his deputy was involved. >>> reno