TO
TO TAKE
TO TAKE YOU 20 MINUTES HILL COMMUTERS TO GET TO CHARLOTTE THIS MORNING.
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COMMUTERS TO GET TO CHARLOTTE THIS MORNING. CAROLYN RIGBY, THANKS.
>> LET'S GET BACK TO THAT
BREAKING NEWS OF THE MORNING.
A TRAGIC LOSS FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER HAS DIED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY, THE SECOND
IN JUST SIX DAYS.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW THIS
MORNING.
CONCORD POLICE OFFICER I+@S DEAD
AND ANOTHER ONE HURT AFTER A
SHOOTING ON GATEWAY LANE.
CONCORD POLICE SAY THE OFFICERS
EXCHANGED FIRE GUNFIRE WITH AN
ARMED SUSPECT.
THEY SAY THAT SUSPECT ALSO DID
WAKE UP CHARLOTTESVILLE ON
HARRIS.
JOINING US LIVE NOW FROM THE
SCENE IN CONCORD, LUNNA A
DEVASTATING LOSS.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING NEWS FOR THE
COMMUNITY TO WAKE UP TO THIS
MORNING AND THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT'S GOING TO BE FELT FOR
DAYS, WEEKS, YEARS TO COME.
EXACTLY.
THE SECOND AS YOU MENTIONED, A
SECOND OFFICER WITHIN THE LAST
WEEK TO LOSE THEIR LIFE IN THE
LINE OF DUTY.
NOW AS FAR AS THIS ONE, DETAILS
ARE INCREDIBLY LIMITED RIGHT
NOW.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT POLICE HAVE
BEEN OUT HERE FOR OVER SIX
HOURS AT THIS POINT PORING
THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED.
AND WE CAN'T SHOW YOU WHAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
PO+@LICE SEEM TO SET UP A COMMAD
CENTER BEHIND THAT SONIC.
AGAIN, THIS IS ON BREWTON SMITH
BOULEVARD AND THEY HAVE THAT
WHOLE SONIC WRAPPED AROUND IN
CRIME SCENE TAPE.
SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OUT THERE.
WE HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THE SCENE
AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS A
CAR WITHIN THE AREA.
POLICE HAD BLOCKED OFF EARLIER.
THAT WAS CRASHED INTO A
GUARDRAIL ON BREWTON SMITH
BOULEVARD.
THE POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED
TO US IF THAT SUSPECT'S CAR OR
WHAT RELATION THAT CAR HAD TO
THIS INVESTIGATION.
NOW WE ARE TOLD THIS INCIDENT
HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 11:00 P.M.
OFFICERS SAY THE SUSPECT WAS
ARMED AND AT SOME POINT IN THE
ALTERCATION THE SUSPECT AND THE
OFFICERS BEGAN SHOOTING AT EACH
OTHER.
THE SUSPECT WAS KILLED BUT SO
IS ONE OF THE OFFICERS.
+@ A SECOND OFFICER WAS SHOT.
BUT WE'RE TOLD THAT INJURY WAS
NOT LIFE THREATENING.
WE DID SPEAK TO A CITY CONCORD
OFFICIAL LAST NIGHT AND HERE'S
SOME OF THEIR MESSAGE TO THE
COMMUNITY NOW.
ONCE AGAIN, O+@UR MAIN FOCUS
RIGHT NOW IS TO PLEASE KEEP
CONCORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
OFFICERS IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND
KNOW THAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS
STILL GOING TO BE SERVED AND
PROTECTED.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO BE
THINKING THIS FALLEN OFFICER
AGAIN.
>> POLICE STILL OUT HERE
INVESTIGATING.
IT HAS BEEN OVER SIX HOURS AT
THIS POINT.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW INVESTIGATION.
WE'RE TOLD THE POLICE+@ CHIEF
WILL BE GIVING A PRESS
CONFERENCE AS SOON AS THEY CAN
GATHER MORE FACTS TO DELIVER TO
THE COMMUNITY AND WE'LL OF
COURSE WE'LL GIVE THOSE TO
YOU ON AIR AND ONLINE IWC AND
SEACOM.
FOR NOW HERE IN CONCORD I'M ON
A HARRIS DUBIE SANTAE
CHARLOTTE.
ALINA, THANKS SO MUCH.
WAKE UP CHARLOTTES BILLIE JEAN.
CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE
THIS MORNING FROM THE CONCORD
POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS.
SO BILLIE JEAN, POLICE SAY
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS CAN STOP BY THERE AND
DO SO.
GOOD MORNING, CAROL.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND AS RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T
SEEN ANYONE SHOWING UP.
IT IS STILL VERY EARLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WAKING UP
TO THIS NEWS .
WE DEFINITELY ARE EXPECTING TO
SEE MEMORIALS START TO GR+@OW AT
ANY MOMENT OUTSIDE OF THE
CONCORD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE ALSO ON STANDBY FOR
WHENEVER THE DEPARTMENT HOLDS A
PRESS CONFERENCE TO UPDATE US
ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT AGAIN, AS WE KNOW, ONE
OFFICER WITH CONCORD POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FATALLY
SHOT.
NOW I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
BACKGROUND ABOUT THIS
DEPARTMENT.
CONCORD IS FAIRLY BIG WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT LAND SIZE.
IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CITIES
IN THE STATE.
THEY COVER OVER 60 SQUARE MILES
AND SERVE A RESIDENT POPULA+@TIN
OF ABOUT 90000 PEOPLE.
THERE ARE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY EIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS ON THE FORCE AND 40
CIVILIAN COWORKERS THAT WORK
WITH THIS DEP+@ARTMENT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALTHOUGH
THIS IS A BIG DEPARTMENT THEY
COVER A LOT IT STILL IS A SMALL
TOWN COMMUNITY FEEL RIGHT HERE
IN CONCORD JUST COMING AND
COVERING DIFFERENT STORIES IN
THIS AREA.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE
EXTREMEL+@Y TIGHT.
THIS CITY IS EXTREMELY TIGHT.
SO WE KNOW THIS IS DEVON
STATING NEWS THIS MORNING FOR
THIS AREA AND QUITE FRANKLY THE
SURROUNDING CHARLOTTE AREA
BEING THAT THIS IS THE SECOND
OFFICERS TO BE FATALLY SHOT AND
JUST SIX DAYS.
SO OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP OUR EYE ON PEOPLE COMING
OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO PEOPLE
AND SEE HOW THIS IS IMPACTING
THE COM+@MUNITY.
STAY WITH W.S. AND SEE AS WE
CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ON WHAT
IS A TRAGEDY.
JUST DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
CAROLYN , IT'S ABSOLUTELY
DEVA+@STATING REALLY, JANE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP OUR
TEAM COVERAGE NOW WITH WAKE UP
CHARLOTTES RACHEL LUMBERG
RACHEL.
REACTION ONCE AGAIN POURING IN
OVERNIGHT FROM DEPARTMENTS ALL
ACROSS OUR AREA.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND+@
OFFICER TO BE SHOT AND KILLED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN LESS
THAN+@ A WEEK.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SHARING
MESS+@AGES ALREADY THIS MORNING.
>> CAROL LIN, JUST HOW
DEVASTATING IT IS TO WAKE UP TO
LEARN OF THIS CONCORD POLICE
THEY SHARED A STRING OF
DIFFERENT MESSAGES OVER ON
THEIR TWITTER PAGE STARTING
AROUND TWO THIRTY THIS MORNING
AND THAT FIRST MESSAGE THEY
FIRST ANNOUNCED WITH A HEAVY
HEART.
THEY CONFIRMED THAT TWO
OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED IN AN
INCIDENT AND IT DID RESULT IN
THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR
OFFICERS AND THE SECOND ONE
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
THEY ALSO THEN WENT ON TO SAY
THAT THE SUBJECT WAS ARMED AND
IS+@ DECEASED AND HOW DEVASTATIG
THIS LOSS IS BUT NOT ONLY FOR
THE MEMBERS FAMILY BUT ALSO FOR
+@ EVERY POLICE OFFICER IN THAT
CITY, OUR ENTIRE STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA ASKING EVERYBODY THEN
TO JOIN THEM BY PRAYING FOR
EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED,
SAYING THAT MEMORIALS ARE NOW
SET UP AT THEIR POLICE
HEADQUARTERS WHICH IS AT THE
CO+@RNER OF CABARRUS AND SPRING
STREET.
IF YOU WANT TO DROP BY FLOWERS
OR A+@NYTHING, PAINESVILLE FIRE
THEY'RE ALSO SHARING THEIR
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND A
MESSAGE THAT THEY POSTED HERE
ON THEIR INSTAGRAM PAGE.
AND THEN NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
JUST ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES,
AMANDA, SAYING MAY GOD BE WITH
THE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
THAT SHE IS PRAYING.
STEVE IS OFFERING HIS+@ DEEPEST
SYMPATHIES TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICER AND
FAMILY AND THEN MANY PEOPLE
SAYING THAT THIS IS THE SECOND
OFFICER TO BE KILLED IN THE
LINE OF DUTY.
ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC AND
DEVASTATING.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
VERY LATEST AND WHAT PEOPLE