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>> WE
>> WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS . 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 JUST DAYS
LATER.
THEY'LL BE DEALING WITH THE
SAME EXACT THING.
CAROLYN , VERY HEARTBREAKING.
>> ANDERSON, BACK TO YOU .
IT'S SIMPLY DEVASTATING AND
THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT.
LOTS OF HARRIS NOW PICKING UP
OUR TEAM COVERAGE.
A LOT OF YOU SPOKE WITH PEOPLE
WHO LIVE AND WORK NEAR THE
SCENE AND THEY WILL BE FEELING
THE EFFECTS OF THIS FOR A LONG
TIME TO COME.
>> THEY WILL.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THESE OFFICERS ARE
PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO WAKE UP EVERY
DAY, THEY GO TO WORK.
THEY KNOW THEIR JOB IS
DANGEROUS BUT THEY FULLY EXPECT
TO MAKE IT BACK HOME.
AND LAST NIGHT ANOTHER TWENTY
FIVE YEAR OLD OFFICER OFFICER
JAKE.
JASON SCUSE ME .
JASON SHOOTING LOST HIS LIFE
HERE AT THIS SONIC JUST TRYING
TO GET A SUSPECT OFF THE
STREET.
NOW YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE TO
THE LEFT THAT SUV IS NOW BEING
TAKEN AWAY BY A TOW TRUCK.
BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS
VIDEO.
IT'S THE SUV RIDDLED WITH
BULLETS.
IT'S THE ONE THAT THE CHIEF
SAYS THAT THE SUSPECT TRIED TO
GET INTO AFTER FIRING THE SHOTS
THAT KILLED ONE OFFICER AND
INJURED THE OTHER.
NOW WE'VE SEEN INVESTIGATORS
SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING
THROUGH THAT CAR LOOKING FOR
EVIDENCE AND DETAILS TO POINT
TO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED
BETWEEN SBI AND S AND CPD
OFFICERS.
THEY'VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR OVER
12 HOURS AND THE COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN WATCHING THIS ALL UNFOLD
JUST FROM SPEAKING TO PEOPLE
WHO LIVE HERE WHO WORK AROUND
HERE.
YOU CAN HEAR IN THEIR VOICES
THE PAIN AND THE SADNESS AND
THE DISBELIEF THAT WE'VE JUST
LOST ANOTHER YOUNG OFFICER.
>> WE DON'T LIVE VERY CLOSE AND
IT'S JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW IT
HAPPENS.
IT'S CRAZY.
>> IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
I MEAN THIS IS GETTING BAD.
I MEAN I DON'T I I FEEL FOR THE
FAMILY.
I KNOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A
LOT.
>> NOW HERE IS ONE LAST LOOK AT
THE SCENE.
WE'LL ZOOM OUT JUST A LITTLE
BIT BECAUSE YOU CAN
SEE A BETTER LOOK AT THAT CAR
BEING TOWED AWAY.
WE ARE TOLD THAT THE MAYOR HERE
HAS ORDERED ALL AMERICAN AND
NORTH CAROLINA FLAGS IN THE
CITY BE LOWERED TO HALF STAFF
BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY UNTIL
SUNSET OF THE DAY A FUNERAL
SERVICES.
OF COURSE THIS IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
SO BRINGING ANY OF THE LATEST
UPDATES IMMEDIATELY ON AIR AND
ONLINE AND RWC NC APP CAROLYNN
SO RIGHT LONNA I MEAN
OFTENTIMES I THINK WE FORGET
THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SIMPLY GOING TO WORK AND
THEY'RE DOING IT TO PROTECT US
AND THEY LOSE THEIR LIVES.
>> IT'S JUST IT'S DEVASTATING
AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A
LITTLE MORE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN REPORTING
THAT THIS IS THE SECOND OFFICER
INVOLVED SHOOTING IN LESS THAN
A WEEK DEADLY OFFICER INVOLVED
SHOOTING LAST WEEK AT MOUNT
HOLLY.
OFFICER TYLER HERNDON WAS
KILLED WHILE RESPONDING TO A
BREAK IN CALL.
BOTH OFFICER HERNDON AND THE
CONCORDE OFFICER JASON SHOPPING
WERE JUST 25 YEARS OLD.
BOTH BEING THE FIRST OFFICERS
IN THEIR SPECIFIC POLICE
DEPARTMENTS TO BE KILLED IN THE
LINE OF DUTY.
AND WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HAPPENS, IT ROCKS NOT ONLY THE
IMMEDIATE COMMUNITIES REELING
FROM THE LOSS BUT ALSO
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WCC CHARLOTTES RACHEL LUMBERG
JOINING US NOW.
AND RACHEL, THE OUTPOURING OF
SUPPORT FOR THE CONCORD POLICE
DEPARTMENT REALLY OVERWHELMING
IS I MEAN THERE ARE JUST
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
COMMENTS OF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS
OUR STATE THAT ARE OFFERING
THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OVER
ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND
TWITTER THAT I'VE BEEN READING
THIS MORNING AND THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON.
LET ME SHARE WITH YOU FIRST A
MESSAGE FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA
GOVERNOR ROY COOPER.
HE JUST SHARED THIS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA PAGES ONE OF TWO HERE
FIRST SAYING THAT HE DID SPEAK
WITH THE FALLEN OFFICERS
PARENTS THIS MORNING AS WELL AS
THE POLICE CHIEF IN CONCORD
OFFERING HIS SUPPORT,
CONDOLENCES AND PRAYERS AND
THEN SAYING AGAIN THAT THIS IS
JUST A REMINDER THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHAT THEY HAVE TO
DEAL WITH EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS AND OFTENTIMES
DANGEROUS JOB AND THAT WE OWE
THEM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR
THEIR COURAGE AND THEIR
SERVICE.
ALSO JUST IN THE LAST FEW
MINUTES OR SO, CMPD POLICE
CHIEF CHIEF JENNINGS SHARING
HIS THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE
WITH THIS HERO'S FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
WE SAW A SIMILAR MESSAGE LIKE
THIS SIX DAYS AGO.
IT IS SO HARD TO WRAP YOUR MIND
AROUND AND HEARTBREAKING LEXIE
SHARED ON TWITTER HASHTAG
ENOUGH WITH HEARTS AND PRAYING
HANDS TERRY SAYS SHE IS SO
SORRY TO HEAR OF THE LOSS OF
THE OFFICER AS WELL AS THE
INJURED OFFICER THAT WILL HAVE
A RECOVERY AHEAD THAT OUR WORLD
IS CHANGING AND SHE IS PRAYING
AMY ON TWITTER TOO SAYING THAT
SHE'S PRAYING FOR BOTH OF THE
OFFICERS FAMILIES AND ALL OF
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN
BLUE.
JEANETTE SAYING THAT SHE'S SO
SORRY TO HEAR OF THIS AGAIN.
HER DAUGHTER WAS A POLICE
OFFICER FOR 20 YEARS AND SHE
LOVED HER JOB.
THAT WAS THE MESSAGE FROM
CHARLOTTE TO EVERYBODY THAT'S
IN CONCORD.
LASTLY HERE, SCOTT SAYS THAT
HIS THOUGHTS GO OUT TO
EVERYBODY THE FAMILIES, THE
WOUNDED OFFICER, THE FALLEN
OFFICERS FAMILY ANYTIME THIS
HAPPENS.
HE SAYS IT STINGS HIS HEART TO
DEAL WITH THIS AND HEAR OF THIS
TWICE IN A WEEK IS JUST
ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL.
THAT DEFINITELY IS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALL
THE LATEST MESSAGES THAT WE'RE
SEEING TODAY AND BRING IT TO
YOU ON.
GUYS, BACK TO YOU .
RACHEL, THANKS SO MUCH.
AND WE WANT REMIND YOU THAT
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THIS STORY.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU ANY
AND ALL UPDATES AS WE