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+@>> NBC CHARLOTTE LIVE AT
5:00 STARTS NOW.
>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS
FIRST HERE AT 5:00, A DEADLY
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AT A
BUSY SOUTH CHARLOTTE
RESTAURANT AT LUNCHTIME.
HERE'S LIVE PICTURES FROM THE
SCENE.
POLICE ARE STILL THERE HOURS
LATER INVESTIGATING.
ONE PERSON IS DEAD, TWO PEOPLE
INCLUDING THE SUSPECT
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US, I'M FRED
SHROPSHIRE.
>> AND I'M SARAH FRENCH.
HERE'S EVERYTHING WE KNOW SO
FAR.
THE SHOOTING STARTED AS AN
ARMED ROBBERY AT THE STEAK N'
SHAKE RESTAURANT AT THE
CAROLINA PAVILION SHOPPING
CENTERS.
ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS SHOT
AND KILLED.
HIS CO-WORKER SAID HE DIED
PROTECTING OTHERS.
>> THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL WITH LIFE
THREATENING INJURIES AFTER
BEING SHOT BY A POLICE
OFFICER.
A CUSTOMER ALSO HOSPITALIZED
WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES
TONIGHT.
OUR CREWS ARE OUT TONIGHT
COVERING EVERY ANGLE OF THE
STORY.
>> WE START WITH ALEX SHABAD,
AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING
FROM POLICE?
>> REPORTER: WE'RE TOLD THAT
PINEVILLE POLICE OFFICERS
PERCEIVED A LETHAL THREAT
INSIDE THE RESTAURANT WITH THE
SUSPECT, AND AT ONE POINT HE
WAS SHOT.
THAT SUSPECT IS STILL ALIVE,
BUT ONE VICTIM IS NOT.
AROUND
AROUND 11:30 THIS MORNING, MULTIPLE CARS TO 911 FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY AT THE STEAK N'
SHAKE.
THE CHIEF TOLD US WHEN
PINEVILLE POLICE OFFICERS
ARRIVED ON SCENE, THERE HAD
ALREADY BEEN A SHOOTING.
>> IT APPEARS THAT THE UM
SUSPECT SHOT THE VICTIM IN THE
STORE.
>> REPORTER: THAT'S WHEN
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE
PINEVILLE POLICE OFFICERS
EXCHANGED GUN FIRE WITH THE
SUSPECT OUTSIDE THE
RESTAURANT.
>> THE OFFICERS ENCOUNTERED
THE SUSPECT, ENGAGED HIM, UM,
THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED.
WE HAVE RETRIEVED A HAND GUN
ON SCENE THAT WE BELIEVE WAS
IN THE POSSESSION OF THAT
SUSPECT.
>> REPORTER: THE SUSPECT WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH
LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
INVESTIGATORS SAY TWO OTHERS
WERE ALSO SHOT.
A CUSTOMER AND AN EMPLOYEE.
>>
>> THE
>> THE SUSPECT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED, YES.
THE ONLY PERSON WE KNOW IS
DECEASED WAS APPARENTLY AN
EMPLOYEE HERE.
>> REPORTER: THE CUSTOMER WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH
LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
NO CMPD OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED
IN THE SHOOTING.
SO
SO STILL
SO STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED. CMPD IS HANDLING THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
I'M TOLD PINEVILLE POLICE IS
HANDLING THE INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION.
LIVE IN CHARLOTTE, ALEX
SHABAD, NBC CHARLOTTE.
>>>
>>> ALL
>>> ALL RIGHT, ALEX, THANK YOU. NBC CHARLOTTE'S BRANDON
GOLDNER CONTINUES OUR LIVE
TEAM COVERAGE.
BRANDON, YOU SPOKE TO PEOPLE
WHO SAY THEY KNEW THE WORKER?
>>
>> REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT, SARAH. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
GATHERING OUT HERE, AND WE'VE
ALSO BEEN TALKING TO CUSTOMERS
WHO HAVE FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO
LEAVE THE SCENE.
HOURS LATER THEY WALKED ACROSS
THE BUSY STREET, AND WE WERE
ABLE TO TALK TO SOME OF THEM.
FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS
FIGHTING BACK TEARS AFTER A
LUNCHTIME ROBBERY AT THIS
STEAK N' SHAKE TURNS DEADLY.
PHOTO JOURNALIST MIKE HANSON
SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN WHO SAID
SHE WAS WORKING INSIDE WHEN
THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.
>> HOW IS EVERYONE DOING?
>> NOT GOOD.
>> I GOT OVER IN THE BATHROOM,
HEARD MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS, COME
OUT AND A GUY IS DEAD.
>> REPORTER: ARE YOU OKAY
PERSONALLY?
>> YES, CONDOLENCES TO THE
GUY'S FAMILY.
>> REPORTER: ACROSS THE
STREET, A HUSBAND AND WIFE
STUNNED.
THEY TELL ME THEY WERE CLOSE
FRIENDS WITH THE WORKER THAT
DIED AND CAME OVER HERE AS
SOON AS THEY HEARD THE NEWS.
GWEN GOLDEN TOLD US SHE WORKED
WITH THE EMPLOYEE FOR NEARLY A
DECADE.
>> IT'S A TRAVESTY.
I KNOW HE WAS PROTECTING A LOT
OF THE ASSOCIATES AND HE WAS A
REALLY GOOD GUY.
WE LOST SOMEONE THAT WAS GREAT @
TO OUR COMMUNITY.
>>
>> REPORTER: WE'VE SPOKEN TO MANY MORE CUSTOMERS, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM THEM TONIGHT
AT 6:00 INCLUDING ONE MOTHER +@
THAT SAID HER INSTINCTS KICKED
IN TO PROTECT HER BABY WHEN
THE SHOTS RANG OUT.
BRANDON GOLDNER, NBC
CHARLOTTE.
>> SO TERRIFYING, BRANDON.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR CREWS