THE
THE MOST
THE MOST HORRIFIC NAGGING THAT GOES AT COUNTY HISTORY HAPPENED
RIGHT HERE CHARLOTTE WHERE TWO
DEPUTIES AND A DPW TROOPER
KILLED AMBUSHED. COLD BLOODED
AMBUSH A SUSPECT INTENT ON
KILLING LAW ENFORCEMENT LURED
THEM INTO A TRAP THEY WERE ALL
SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOW
GONE FAMILIES LEFT DEVASTATED.
HOW DO I WALK INTO THIS HOUSE
AND TELL MY KIDS THAT THEIR DAD
IS GONE. A COMMUNITY REFUSING
TO FORGET THE FALLEN TOMORROW
MARKS 20 YEARS SINCE THE DEADLY
AMBUSH THAT FOREVER CHANGED AT
A SCOTIA COUNTY. EYEWITNESS
NEWS REPORTER VANESSA COY TALKS
TO SURVIVORS AND A WIDOW.
REMEMBERING THE FALLEN HEROES
TWO DECADES LATER OCTOBER 12
1999. IT WAS A TUESDAY NIGHT IN
THE MOST HORRIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT EAST COAST COUNTY HISTORY
HAPPENED RIGHT HERE. CHARLOTTE
ABOUT TO ADD OSCEOLA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES HAD
RESPONDED TO A 9 11 CALL OFF
CORGI AND COFFMAN ROAD AND THEY
WEREN'T ANSWERING THEIR RADIOS.
A STATE TROOPER WAS DISPATCHED
TO THE SCENE TO CHECK ON
THE DEPUTIES. HE QUICKLY
RADIOED OFFICER DOWN AND THAT
WAS THE LAST TIME ANYONE HEARD
HIS VOICE. SOMETHING JUST DID
NOT SEEM RIGHT. I JUST KNEW
THAT WAS DRIVING TO SOMETHING
BAD. SAMANTHA HAWLEY THE GUNMAN
JEREMIE ANGLETON WAS HIDING IN
THE BRUSH FIRING OFF ROUND
AFTER ROUND OF AMMUNITION AT
THE OFFICERS. THERE'S DUST
FLYING WHERE BULLETS ARE
HITTING THE GROUND? HE STOOD UP
AND FIRED MULTIPLE ROUNDS FROM
THE SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE IN OUR
DIRECTION. WE WERE AT AN
INTERSECTION WE COULD HEAR
THE BULLETS WHIZZING BY SOURED
WAS A DEPUTY CHIEF THEN STILL
VIVIDLY REMEMBERS THE CARNAGE
UNFOLDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF
HIM. WE KNEW THERE WAS TWO
DEPUTIES OUT AND A TROOPER UP
THERE AND WE COULDN'T GET TO
HIM IN THE LAST SHOT THAT NIGHT
WAS ANGLETON TURNING THE GUN ON
HIMSELF. WE WERE ABLE TO
QUICKLY GET THE GUYS OUT. BUT
IT WAS TOO LATE. YOU KNOW
THE THEY WERE ALL SHOT MULTIPLE
TIMES AND NOW WE'RE GONE DEPUTY
MARK STEVENSON DEPUTY THOMAS
MUNCIE AND STATE TROOPER TERRY
MILLER ALL SHOT AND KILLED
THE TWO DEPUTIES GOT THERE
ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF
APART. OF COURSE THEY WERE BOTH
SHOT AND KILLED WHEN ANOTHER
CAR AND THE SECOND ONE NOT
KNOWING THAT WHAT HAD HAPPENED
TO THE FIRST ONE AND TROOPER
MILLER GOT THERE AND HE PULLS
UP AND SEES HIM LYING ON
THE GROUND TRIES TO BACK OUT.
RADIOS OFFICER DOWN AND HE
CAN'T EVEN GET BACK OUT OF
THERE. BUT MAYBE SEVENTY FIVE
YARDS AND HE GETS SHOT AMBUSHED
COLD BLOODED AMBUSH. THIS IS
HIS BLOOD. THOMAS MONTY'S WIFE
STILL REMEMBERS THE SHOCK OF
THAT TRAGIC NIGHT AND THEY'RE
CALLING HIM AND HE'S NOT
RESPONDING. HE'S NOT
RESPONDING. SHE RUSHED TO
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND GOT
THE DEVASTATING NEWS. HOW DO I
WALK INTO THIS HOUSE AND TELL
MY KIDS THAT THEIR DAD IS GONE.
MUNCIE HAD FOUR CHILDREN AND
ALL NINE CHILDREN LEFT WITHOUT
FATHERS AND A BEAUTIFUL LIFE. I
SAID I LOVED MY HUSBAND SO MUCH
I SAID. AND THEN THIS PERSON
THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW CRASHED
INTO MY WORLD I SAID AND
DESTROYED AND DESTROYED MY
CHILDREN. AND IN THE DAYS AFTER
NEIGHBORS RALLIED AROUND
THE FAMILIES AS THEY BURIED
THREE FALLEN OFFICERS. WHEN
YOU'RE THAT SAD YOU WANT
THE WHOLE WORLD TO CRY WITH
YOU. WE WERE THAT SAD AND OUR
WHOLE COMMUNITY CRIED WITH US.
EVERYBODY ELSE WAS FORTUNATE TO
GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES THAT
NIGHT. THOSE THREE GUYS LAUREN
WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US. THREE
OFFICERS THAT MADE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE WHEN THAT HAPPENED
AND IT TOOK HIM TOTALLY OUT MY
LIFE I DIDN'T THINK I COULD
BREATHE. BECAUSE HE WAS
EVERYTHING TO ME. LEAVING
BEHIND A COMMUNITY THAT WILL
NEVER LET THEIR MEMORIES FADE
AWAY HAD BEEN THE FACT THAT TO
THIS DAY IT STILL DOESN'T
AFFECT THOSE THREE GUYS THEY
WERE HERE. THEY WERE HERE. IT'S
A CALLING ON THEIR LIFE. HE
LOVED WHAT HE DID AND HE LOVED
BEING AN OFFICER? VANESSA CROIX
KENS 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS WHAT A
TRAGIC NIGHT THAT WAS MONTHS
HIS FAMILY SET UP A SCHOLARSHIP
FOR BANDS STUDENTS AT
GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN
MEMORY OF THOMAS A 20TH
ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL IS PLANNED
FOR TOMORROW NIGHT AT