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June 29, 2021
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No charges will be filed against the U.S. Marshal who shot and killed Frankie Jennings at a gas station on The Plaza in March, according to the Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather III.
Merriweather also claimed that Senior Inspector Eric Tillman feared for his life when he shot Jennings.
Authorities were attempting to serve 16 outstanding warrants on Jennings, according to the report.
Officials say Jennings was accused of assaulting police officers at Carolina Beach the day before the shooting by dragging the officers from his vehicle.
The outstanding warrants were for the charges related to the Carolina Beach incident, two warrants for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, assault on a female, charges related to an incident in which Jennings was accused of shooting into a vehicle, and several other minor warrants, according to the report.