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CMPD officer shot trying to arrest assault suspect

WFAE | By Woody Cain
Published September 23, 2024 at 7:21 AM EDT

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are investigating after one officer was shot and another injured Sunday night. CMPD says they responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call and stopped a car they believed to be involved at about 7:30pm on east Arrowood Road in south Charlotte.

Police said a suspect inside the car showed a handgun and shots were exchanged. One officer was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and another was transported as a precaution. The suspect was also taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The officers' and suspect's names were not released as of late Sunday.

Crime & Justice
Woody Cain
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.
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