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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.
NC Officer Saves Teen Found Shot Multiple Times and Bleeding Heavily
9 May 2021
An officer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) is being credited with saving a 15-year-old’s life when the victim was found shot and bleeding after trying to sell personal property.
The shooting occurred at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at 4430 The Plaza, according to WFXR.
“A third-shift North Tryon Officer was in the area of Eastway and the Plaza when he heard gunshots and immediately began canvassing the area for anyone injured,” the City of Charlotte said in a press release Friday:
Moments later, the officer located a 15-year-old juvenile with gunshot wounds on the ground, heavily bleeding. The officer applied tourniquets to the victim while waiting for medic. While officers were circulating and searching for the shooter(s), our Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) assisted and observed a silver Ford Fusion leaving the scene at a high rate of speed.
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