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.
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As Nash County Manager Zee Lamb quipped during a meeting Tuesday, â2020 has been one heck of a year, but 2021 is right around the corner.â
With this common feeling about the past year in mind, the Telegram reached out to several local leaders to find out what they are wishing for in the New Year.
While the chairman of the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners did not respond to the question, Robbie Davis, chairman of the Nash County Board of Commissioners, said he wishes for local residents to take to heart the lessons learned this past year.
âMy hope for the New Year is to take all the things we have learned from the pandemic and use it moving forward. COVID has been a very bad time but look what we have learned: To be patient; to care about your fellow man more; to be innovative on how to accomplish a task; to have more family time; to return to the old way of raising kids; to put your health closer to the top of your agenda, to improve your computer skills; to