Charlotte Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Stabbed Officer in the Neck, Authorities Say

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An officer responding to a home violence name fatally shot a person after the suspect stabbed one other officer within the neck with a knife Sunday morning in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities mentioned.

The officers heard gunshots from contained in the house simply earlier than 8 a.m. and compelled their manner inside, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings mentioned in a video assertion posted to social media.

The 2 officers encountered a male suspect and started a battle to take him into custody, Jennings mentioned.

Through the altercation, the person stabbed one of many officers within the neck, in keeping with a information launch from the division.

The wounded officer retreated and one other officer shot and killed the person, Jennings mentioned.

The division mentioned the person was pronounced lifeless on the scene. He was not instantly recognized. The wounded officer and a feminine sufferer who had sustained a gunshot wound have been taken to a hospital with accidents the division mentioned weren’t life-threatening, the information launch mentioned.

A number of firearms have been recovered from the house, the information launch mentioned.

“As we at all times speak about, home violence requires service are at all times a few of the most harmful that officers can encounter,” Jennings mentioned. “Officers did their job right this moment, they usually did what they needed to do. However we by no means wish to low cost the truth that a life was taken right this moment.”

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation will lead the examination of the capturing.

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