Elmer O Boyle believes it s easy to forget the sacrifices police officers make on the public s behalf.
He wants to make sure that s not the case for two Kings Mountain police officers injured in the line of duty over the past year. They need to see that the community is behind them and that we ve got their back, O Boyle. We don t want them to ever feel like they ve been forgotten.
That s why officers and first responders will eat their fill for free at O Boyle s Back the Blue Cookout from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday in front of the Cleveland County Courthouse, located at 100 Justice Place in Shelby. O Boyle said a collection of tasty backyard eats will be on the menu, including hamburgers, hot dogs, free drinks and nachos.
A Kings Mountain Police officer is expected to recover after being shot Saturday night while responding to a suspicious person call near the country club in Kings Mountain. The suspected shooter also was injured in the shooting.
Kings Mountain Police Cpl. Frank Lee Whittington Jr. was taken to Atrium Health-Cleveland in Shelby after exchanging fire with an unidentified man after responding to a call about a suspicious person at a home on Downing Drive, said Kings Mountain Police Chief Lisa Proctor.
“We are very thankful that he is alive and that we are not planning funeral number three in the last week and a half for another law enforcement officer,” Proctor said.
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âThis is insaneâ: N.C. police chief makes emotional speech after fourth local officer shot in a week âWe stand for community, love and involvementâ: Kings Mountain police chief emotional after four local officers shot in a week (Source: WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff | December 20, 2020 at 5:33 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 5:47 AM
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WBTV) - Briefly, before Kings Mountain Police Officer Frank Lee Whittington Jr. went into surgery, Police Chief Lisa Proctor went to check on him at the hospital.
Whittington was shot while responding to a call Saturday evening near the Kings Mountain Country Club.
âThis is insaneâ: N.C. police chief makes emotional speech after fourth local officer shot in a week
âThis is insaneâ: Kings Mountain police chief makes emotional speech after fourth local officers shot in a week By WBTV Web Staff | December 20, 2020 at 5:33 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 5:47 AM
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WBTV) - Briefly, before Kings Mountain Police Officer Frank Lee Whittington Jr. went into surgery, Police Chief Lisa Proctor went to check on him at the hospital.
Whittington was shot while responding to a call Saturday evening near the Kings Mountain Country Club.
The KMPD officer of 13 years was lucky to survive. He was the fourth officer shot in the WBTV viewing area in eight days.