KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (WTVD) A North Carolina police chief said she is thankful that her officer is recovering after being seriously injured in a Saturday night shooting.
ABC-affiliate WSOC, reports that the shooting happened just after 8 p.m. near the Kings Mountain Country Club in Cleveland County.
Kings Mountain Police Chief Lisa Proctor said Corporal Frank Lee Whittington Jr., a 13-year department veteran, was responding to a call about a suspicious person when the shooting happened.
She said someone in a house called the police to report the suspicious person on their back porch. The suspect then ran towards the country club where Whittington confronted the man resulting in a shootout.
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Kings Mountain Corporal Frank Whittington Jr. was the fourth Charlotte-area officer to be shot in the line of duty in the last week and a half. Author: WCNC Staff Updated: 12:24 AM EST December 21, 2020
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. Saturday evening, Corporal Frank Lee Whittington Jr. was injured in an officer-involved shooting in Kings Mountain. Whittington is being treated for injuries, as is the suspect.
Whittington was the fourth Charlotte-area officer to be shot in the line of duty in the last two weeks. Two of those officers have died due to their injuries: Officer Jason Shuping with the Concord Police Department, and Officer Tyler Herndon with the Mount Holly Police Department.
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December 20, 2020
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. – A Kings Mountain police officer was shot Saturday evening near Kings Mountain Country Club. Corporal Frank Lee Whittington Jr. was wounded in his abdomen and taken to a hospital in Shelby where he is now recovering from surgery. The suspect was shot by the officer and transported to a hospital in Gastonia where he also required surgery.
Kings Mountain Corporal Frank Whittington Jr.
Police responded to a call reporting a suspicious individual outside a residence on Downing Drive in Kings Mountain at 8:01 PM. The suspect headed towards the country club, where Whittington encountered the individual and the exchange of gunfire took place.
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