THAT
THAT IS
THAT IS GONNA DO IT FOR THE NEWS AT 5:00. >> THE NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
>> JASON WAS A HERO.
FULL OF HONOR AND HUMILITY THIS
DARKNESS BRAINS ARE HURTING
HEARTS TO TOGETHER IN THIS
MOMENT.
BUT AS GREAT AS THIS DARKNESS
IS THERE IS HOPE.
WELL, A HEAVY DAY FOR OUR AREA
AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO ANOTHER
POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE
LINE OF DUTY.
>> JASON SHOPPING WAS JUST
TWENTY FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HE
WAS GUNNED DOWN IN CONCORD LAST
+@ WEEK.
+@ WEEK.
+@ WEEK. FAMILY, FRIENDS, LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY
+@
FAMILY, FRIENDS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT TODAY TO HONOR OFFICER
SHOPPING.
THANKS.
SHOPPING. THANKS. STICKING W+@ITH US NWC N.C.
CHARLOTTE I'M TONYA AMANDUS AND
I THAT'S TANYA AMANDUS.
>> AND THAT'S THE RUFUS AND
PEOPLE WHO KNEW OFFICER
SHOPPING SAY THAT HE MADE A
HUGE IMPACT AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE
.
>> THE CORE VALUES OF THE
CONCORD POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE
COMPETENCE, COURAGE, INTEGRITY
,LEADERSHIP, RESPECT AND
RESTRAINT.
+@
,LEADERSHIP, RESPECT AND RESTRAINT. AND JASON EMBODIED THEM TO A
T..
AND THAT IS NO EXAGGERATION.
>> MEANTIME, A GROWING MEMORIAL
SHOWS WAVES OF FLOWERS THERE
OUTSIDE THE ARENA WHERE THE
FUNERAL SERVICE TOOK PLACE
TODAY ARE OR MORRIS HAS BEEN
SPEAKING WITH FOLKS THERE WHO
TELL US THAT THIS LOSS CUTS
INCREDIB+@LY DEEP.
SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH MORE
FROM A COMMUNITY TRYING TO HEAL
TONIGHT.
KENDALL?
TONIGHT. KENDALL? >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
REALLY TOUGH DAY FOR PEOPLE
HERE IN CONCORD.
PEOPLE LINED THIS STREET HERE
IN DOWNTOWN OUTSIDE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AS THAT PROCESSION
MOVED THROUGH SO MANY MOURNING
THE LOSS OF THIS HERO AND
WANTING TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THIS
MAN WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE.
BLUE LIGHTS AS SCOOTING THEIR
BROTHER IN BLUE TO HIS FINAL
RESTING PLACE.
THE COMMUNITY SALUTING OFFICER
JASON SHOPPING SERVICE TO THIS
CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. +@
YOU DON'T THINK IT HAPPENS
UNTIL IT ACTUALLY DOES.
AND TO BE HERE IN CONCORD TO
HAVE SOMETHING L+@IKE THIS HAPPN
JUST MAKES ME WANT TO COME AND
SHOWCASE MY SUPPORT FOR ALL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
>> SUSAN FULLER'S SON IS A
CABARRUS COUNTY DEPUTY.
THE MOTHER JOINING THE CRO+@WD N
THE STREET SHOWING HER SUPPORT
FOR OFFICER SHOPPING AND ALL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OUT
THERE FEEL ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN
.
JUST WATCHING OFFICER
SHOOTINGS, FAMILY MAN.
I WOULD NEVER WANT TO PUT
MYSELF IN THEIR PLACE.
JILL BERRIER SON IS A STATE
TROOPER.
HER SON TAKING+@ PART IN THE
PROCESSION.
THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE
LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
EVERY TIME THAT THEY GO OUT AND
YOU KNOW, THEY LEAVE THEIR
FAMILIES AND YOU KNOW, BEING
THE MOTHER OF A TROOPER.
IT'S IT'S DEVASTATING TO HEAR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS SINCE
THURSDAY MORNING.
A MEMORIAL HAS STEADILY GROWN
OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HUNDREDS LEAVING FLOWERS AND
OFFERING CONDOLENCES AND
WHETHER THEY KNEW OFFICER
SHOPPING PERSONALLY OR HAD
NEVER MET HIM.
PEOPLE HERE WAITED TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO HIS LIFE.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AND I DON'T THINK
THAT THAT THAT ANYTHING LESS IS
IS TOO MUCH THE SEA OF BLUE
LIGHTS RECEIVING RESPECT AND
GRATITUDE EACH M+@ILE OF THE WAY
AND OVERALL IT TOOK ABOUT
TWENTY FIVE MINUTES FOR THIS
PROCESSION TO MAKE ITS WAY
THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH
HUNDREDS OF PATROL VEHICLES
LINING THE WAY OFFICER SHOPPING
WAS LAID TO REST IN FAITH.
>> NORTH CAROLINA LIVE IN
CONCORD.
KENDALL MORRIS, DWC, N.C.,
CHARLOTTE.
THIS OUTPOURING SUPPORT HAS
BEEN TRULY INCREDIBLE TO SEE .
OK, RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO BRING
IN OUR CHLOE LESHNER.
SHE WAS ALSO OUT IN CONCORD
TODAY WATCHING AS THE
PROCESSIONAL RODE INTO THE
FUNERAL SERVICE AND RODE
BACKOUT TO LAY OFFICER SHOPPING
TO REST.
SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE.
+@CHLOE, THIS HAS GOT TO BE SUCH
A HARD DAY FOR THIS POLICE
FORCE.
IT DEFINITELY WAS TONYA.
AND WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
OFFICER SHOOTING TODAY AND WHAT
IS CLEAR IS THAT HE WAS A MAN
OF SERVICE.
HIS LOVED ONES SAY THAT HE
ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE THE WORLD
A BETTER PLACE AND EVERY DAY
THAT HE PUT ON HIS UNIFORM HE
KNEW HE WAS TAKING A RISK BUT
HE BRAVELY FACED THAT DANGER
AND HE DID IT FOR STRANGERS A
SEA OF BLUE CARRYING OFFICER
JASON SHOPPING TO HIS FINAL
RESTING PLACE TO MOST OF US A
HERO WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO
PROTECT THE COMMUNITY TO HIS
FAMILY AND FRIENDS, A
DEPENDABLE HELPING HAND HIS
WILLINGNESS TO HELP OUT.
>> NO MATTER HOW HARD THE WORK
YOU SEE JASON, BECAUSE OF ALL
HIS EXPERIENCES AND INVOLVEMENT
IN M+@INISTRIES WAS A JACK OF AL
TRADES.
HE WAS AN EXPERT IN ROOFING
FL+@OORING AND LANDSCAPING.
YOU WERE THERE TO EXPERIENCE
HIM LIGHTING UP A ROOM AS HE
ENTERED WITH HIS WARM SMILE AND
EASY TO TALK TO PERSONALITY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM
ACROSS THE STATE MADE THE TRIP
TO SUPPORT THE SHOOTING.
FAMILY AND CONCORD POLICE+@
DEPARTMENT A FAMILY OF FAITH.
OFFICER SHIPPINGS MOM PASSING A
MESSAGE TO HER SON'S SECOND
FAMILY.
>> HE'LL BE RIDING WITH EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SO DON'T
HESITATE TO TALK TO HIM.
HE IS WATCHING AND LISTENING.
>> OFFICER SHOPPING HAD ONLY
BEEN ON THE+@ FORCE FOR A YEAR
AND A HALF.
BUT IN THAT TIME MADE A CLEAR
IMPACT ALWAYS ONE TO CRACK A
JOKE.
>> HE WAS A TEAM PLAYER GOING
ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THE
+@
>> HE WAS A TEAM PLAYER GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THE COMMUNITY AWARDED FOR THOSE
ACTS OF SERVICE SIX DIFFERENT
TIMES WHAT HE FELT WAS HIS DUTY
LEADING HIM TO MAKE THE
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
JASON PAID THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE FOR CONFRONTING EVIL
ON BEHALF OF COMPLETE
STRANGERS.
>> C+@OPS LIKE JASON+@, COPS LIE
CALEB WILL DO EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO PROTECT YOU EVEN
WHEN DOING SO PLACES THEIR
LIVES AT RISK.
THE CONCORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
RETIRED OFFICER SHIPPINGS UNIT
NUMBER TWO HONOR AND APPRECIATE
THAT SACRIFICE.
LIVE IN CONCORD, CHLOk LESHNER
,DWC, N.C., CHARLOTTE AND ALL
OF US HERE AT WC C CHARLOTTE
ARE GIVING OUR CONDOLENCES TO
OFFICER WHOOPINGS FAMILY,
FRIENDS AND FELLOW OFFICERS ON
THE FORCE.
>> YOU