LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A deputy with the Nelson County Sheriff's Office was taken to the hospital after being shot in Botland, Kentucky, near Bardstown in Nelson County, on Friday afternoon.

Nelson County Sheriff Ramon Pineiroa said two deputies were involved in a shooting at a home after responding to a domestic incident at the 100 block of Ivy Avenue at 3:27 p.m. Police said the male suspect was irate when speaking to officers, brandished a firearm and opened fire on the deputies.

One deputy was shot in the arm and then taken to University of Louisville Hospital in downtown Louisville, where he remains.

Pineiroa said the deputy shot was 21 months away from retirement after serving for 18 years. 

"He is going to be okay," Pineiroa said. 

A deputy with the Nelson County Sheriff's Office was taken to the hospital after being shot in Botland, Kentucky

The suspect is in custody. 

According to Kentucky State Police, the suspect was transported to a local hospital and his condition "is currently unknown." It is unclear at this time how the suspect was injured and what the extent of their injuries are.

"He's not a stranger to our office and to our guys," Pineiroa said of the suspect in custody. "He's never pulled a firearm or anything like that."

Pineiroa said KSP will investigate the shooting. The two deputies involved in the shooting will be on paid administrative leave until the investigation is complete.

"Seeing him when I opened the ambulance door knowing he was OK, that's the most important to me," Pineiroa said. "Knowing none of my guys go under my watch."

Neighbors at the scene said shots were fired just as students were getting off a Nelson County School bus. 

"It was sitting here and you could hear the school bus driver telling the kids to get inside and she was saying, 'Go, go, go, they're shooting again,'" Nathan Hall, a neighbor, said.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

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