City of Concord thanks community for being âour support and our rockâ after police officer killed in line of duty
Fallen Concord Officer Jason Shuping laid to rest By WBTV Web Staff | December 23, 2020 at 8:39 AM EST - Updated December 23 at 8:44 AM
CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) - The day after an emotional tribute to a local hero, the City of Concord thanked the community for its overwhelming support to its police department.
Concord Police Officer Jason Shuping was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon following a service at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center.
As a procession was escorted by law enforcement officers to the site of the funeral, and then to Shupingâs gravesite in Faith, N.C., community members waited along the streets to pay their respects to Officer Shuping, who was killed in the line of duty on Dec. 16.
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21 Dec 2020
A suspect allegedly shot a Kings Mountain, North Carolina, police officer Saturday night during an exchange of gunfire. This is the fourth shooting of a Charlotte-area officer in the past two weeks, officials say.
A Kings Mountain resident contacted police about a suspicious person on their back porch Saturday night, WSOC TV9 reported. Dispatchers sent Corporal Frank Lee Whittington, Jr. to investigate.
Whitting confronted the suspect near a country club. During the contact, the officer and the suspect exchanged gunfire and left both shooters injured, the local news outlet reported.
Kings Mountain Police Chief Lisa Proctor told reporters that Whittington was out of surgery and is expected to recover. She did not disclose the nature of his injuries.
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.