NASH COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Nash County deputy was shot multiple times when a driver opened fire after a traffic stop along Interstate 95 on Thursday morning.
Nash County officials told ABC11 that one deputy who was admitted to the hospital was in stable condition on Friday morning.
It happened between 9 a.m. and 9 30 a.m. near Exit 145 just north of Rocky Mount. The road was shut down and was closed for hours before reopening late Thursday afternoon.
Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone said at a news conference that a female deputy stopped a vehicle with Florida tags for a "speed offense" and became suspicious of "criminal activity afoot" in the car. The deputy, identified as Shelby Smith, ordered the driver, identified as Jarred Javon Ford, 33, of St. Petersburg, Florida, to step out of the 2008 Mercedes Benz.