THE
THE KILLING OF YET ANOTHER LOCAL POLICE OFFICER SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY JUST IN THIS
LAST WEEK.
THE LATEST HAPPENING IN CONCORD
LAST NIGHT ON GATEWAY LANE NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF BRUTON'S
SMITH BOULEVARD WHICH IS JUST
ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM THE
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
IT'S A VERY, VERY BUSY AREA
THERE AND IN THE LAST HOUR
WE'VE LEARNED THE NAMES OF THE
OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED AND THE
OFFICER INJURED IN THAT
SHOOTOUT.
TWENTY FIVE YEAR OLD OFFICER
JASON SHOPPING DIED IN THE LINE
OF DUTY LAST NIGHT.
HE WAS WITH THE FORCE JUST
SINCE 2019.
THE CITY OF CONCORD TELLING US
THAT THERE WILL BE A PROCESSION
NOW FOR OFFICER SHOPPING AT ONE
P.M. OFFICER CALEB ROBINSON WAS
HURT IN THAT SHOOTING.
HE THANKFULLY IS EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE.
SO HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT
NOW.
JUST BEFORE 11 O'CLOCK LAST
NIGHT, POLICE RESPONDED TO A
CALL ABOUT A CRASH.
THAT INCIDENT TAKING A VIOLENT
TURN QUICKLY ESCALATING INTO A
SHOOTOUT WITH AN ARMED SUSPECT.
IN THE END THAT CONCORD POLICE
OFFICER ONE OF THEM.
OFFICER SHOOTING IS NOW DEAD
WHILE ANOTHER IS IN THE
HOSPITAL WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
CONCORD POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT
INVOLVED IN THIS CASE WAS SHOT
AND KILLED DURING THE EXCHANGE
OF GUNFIRE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THE
NEWS THIS NOON.
I'M CAROL LIN BROOKE.
WE DO HAVE FULL TEAM COVERAGE
AND OUR CREWS THEY HAVE BEEN ON
THE SCENE SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT
WCNC CHARLOTTE'S JOHN HARRIS
HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE
IN THAT AREA WHO ARE CERTAINLY
AFFECTED BY THE SHOOTING.
BUT NOW WE START WITH BILLIE
JEAN SHAW WHO IS AT THE CONCORD
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BILLIE
JEAN RIGHT BEHIND YOU THERE IS
A GROWING MEMORIAL FOR THIS
FALLEN OFFICER WHO WAS VERY
MUCH LOVED BY THE COMMUNITY
DEFINITELY, CAROL.
AND I CAN TELL YOU STANDING
OUTSIDE OF THE CONCORD POLICE
DEPARTMENT ALL MORNING, IT'S
BEEN A HEAVY FEELING.
YOU CAN SEE OFFICERS DRIVING
BY.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR FACES.
THEY LOOK UPSET.
AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WALKING UP TO THIS MEMORIAL TO
PAY THEIR RESPECTS LOOKED THE
SAME SAD, HEARTBROKEN TO KNOW
THAT SOMEONE THAT WAS SWORN TO
SERVE AND PROTECT THEM HAS NOW
LOST HIS LIFE DOING THAT.
>> THE FIRST OFFICER IN THE
ENTIRE DEPARTMENT'S HISTORY TO
EVER BE KILLED IN THE LINE OF
DUTY.
>> THE CONCORD COMMUNITY IS
GRIEVING OVER THE LOSS OF A
CITY POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
FLOWERS, CANDLES AND NOTES OF
ENCOURAGEMENT SIT OUTSIDE THE
DEPARTMENT AS OFFICERS INSIDE
ARE STRUGGLING TO ACCEPT THE
NEWS .
ONE OF THEIR FELLOW BROTHERS IN
BLUE TURNED FAMILY IS GONE.
CONCORD POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
COMPRISED OF A RESILIENT BUNCH
.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH
THIS.
WE'RE A BIG FAMILY.
CHIEF GARY GAY SEX SAYS AROUND
10-15 LAST NIGHT A KIND OF
CAUGHT A POLICE OFFICER AND A
LOWLY AGENT WHO JUST HAPPENED
TO BE IN THE AREA RESPONDED TO
A CAR CRASH NEAR THE CONCORD
MILLS EXIT ON EIGHTY FIVE
NORTH.
>> WHILE AT THAT SCENE, GASQUE
SAYS A WOMAN DROVE BY AND TOLD
POLICE A MAN TRIED TO STEAL HER
CAR WHILE SHE WAS AT THE SONIC
RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM THERE
.
TWO DIFFERENT CPD OFFICERS WERE
NOTIFIED AND HEADED BACK TO
SONIC TO TRACK DOWN THE SUSPECT
BASED ON THE WOMAN'S
DESCRIPTION.
WHEN THEY FOUND A MAN FITTING
THE DESCRIPTION IN THE SONNETT
PARKING LOT, THE CHIEF SAYS THE
TWO CPD OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO
APPROACH HIM AND EVERYTHING
WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE.
>> THE SUBJECT PULLED OUT A
HANDGUN AND BEGAN SHOOTING IN
THE DIRECTION OF THE OFFICERS.
WE BELIEVE THIS WAS THE POINT
IN TIME IN WHICH THE OFFICER
SUSTAINED THEIR INJURIES.
>> TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS
ARRIVED ON THE SCENE FOR
BACKUP.
>> THE SECOND TWO OFFICERS THAT
ARRIVED ON SCENE SAW ONE
OFFICER DOWN IN AN OBVIOUS
GRAVE CONDITION AND THE OTHER
OFFICER THAT WAS INJURED THAT
WAS STANDING NEARBY GUARDING OR
PROTECTING THAT THAT INJURED
OFFICER.
>> AT THAT TIME THE CHIEF SAYS
THE SUSPECT JUMPED INTO THIS
UNLOCKED GOED SUV WHICH
BELONGED TO A SONIC EMPLOYEE
AND CONTINUED SHOOTING.
OFFICERS FIRED BACK.
THESE YELLOW MARKERS SHOW WHERE
BULLETS LANDED DURING THE
SHOOTOUT.
THE SUSPECT, A 29 YEAR OLD
CONVICTED FELON FROM CHARLOTTE
DID NOT SURVIVE.
THE SUBJECT WAS STRUCK DURING
GUNFIRE EXCHANGE AND SUSTAINED
FATAL INJURIES.
>> AND AND WE'RE STARTING TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT OFFICER JASON
SOUPING THAT HE WAS A LOCAL.
ORIGINALLY FROM ROWAN COUNTY
AND THAT HE WAS ALSO MARRIED.
HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE VERY
HEARTBREAKING.
HE IS THE SECOND OFFICER TO BE
KILLED IN JUST SIX DAYS IN OUR
AREA.
YOU MAY REMEMBER ON FRIDAY OF
THE SEARCH TYLER HERNDON FROM
MOUNT HOLLY AND GASTON COUNTY
WAS SHOT IN THE LINE DUTY.
HE WAS ALSO 25 YEARS OLD.
I AM TOLD THAT THE CONCORD
POLICE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED
OFFICER HERNDON'S FUNERAL ON
MONDAY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS,
WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD
WHENEVER AN OFFICER IS KILLED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
THEY DID NOT KNOW