The Saratoga County Sheriff says two deputies were shot and a person was killed in Clifton Park Tuesday morning when law enforcement was executing a search warrant. Sheriff Michael Zurlo says his special operations team and narcotics unit were assisting the DEA at 312 Foxwood Drive around 5:30 a.m.
“After the special operations team announced their purpose and authority and entered the residence, a person inside the home – later identified as Anthony Zaremski, age 23 – began shooting at deputies,” Zurlo said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. “Mr. Zaremski, who was the subject of the investigation leading to this warrant, struck two deputies with gunfire at which time deputies returned fire.”
Sheriff Zurlo says Zaremski was pronounced dead at Albany Medical Center a few hours later. One deputy was shot in his thigh and was scheduled to have surgery Tuesday. The other deputy was hit in the chest which was deflected by his body armor, resulting in a non-life-threatening injury. He has been released from the hospital.
Zurlo says the state attorney general’s office has been notified and will be part of the investigation. The sheriff did not identify the deputies.
The DEA says the narcotics investigation has been ongoing for about six months.
The agency says hundreds of thousands of fentanyl and ecstasy pills, multiple kilograms of cocaine and about 50 guns were seized Tuesday through related search warrants at other locations in the Capital Region.