A Kings Mountain Police officer is expected to recover after being shot Saturday night while responding to a suspicious person call near the country club in Kings Mountain. The suspected shooter also was injured in the shooting.
Kings Mountain Police Cpl. Frank Lee Whittington Jr. was taken to Atrium Health-Cleveland in Shelby after exchanging fire with an unidentified man after responding to a call about a suspicious person at a home on Downing Drive, said Kings Mountain Police Chief Lisa Proctor.
“We are very thankful that he is alive and that we are not planning funeral number three in the last week and a half for another law enforcement officer,” Proctor said.
A teen faces charges in an apartment complex shooting that sent a 17-year-old to the hospital on Tuesday and kept 13-year-old and 14-year-old boys in police custody overnight.
Police believe Nyqualin Chatman, 18, was at the complex to take around $300 from the still unidentified 17 year old. Investigators are trying to determine where the $300 came from and what transpired in the common area of the four buildings that make up the apartment complex.
Shelby Police kept 13- and 14-year-old boys in custody Tuesday night, but released them Wednesday morning without filing charges against them.
Chatman reportedly left the area after the shooting.
Cleveland County designated as red COVID county
A wave of coronavirus cases in Cleveland County after the Thanksgiving holiday has health officials preparing for another surge during the Christmas season. Unfortunately, we do expect to see an increase in cases following the holidays, as this is a time when people are more likely to participate in gatherings with friends and family, said DeShay Oliver, deputy director of the Cleveland County Public Health Center.
Public health officials are encouraging people to keep their holiday gatherings small and to social distance with masks on while meeting indoors. Health officials say individuals also should consider getting tested before going to or hosting a get-together.
Police suspect 13-year-old and 14-year-old boys of being involved in a shooting at a Shelby apartment complex Tuesday that sent another teen to the hospital.
Police found a 17-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound in a common area of the Park Sumter Apartments, near Shelby City Park, around 4:50 p.m. Tuesday.
Police suspect the younger teens of being involved in shooting him. It s just sad to see these young teens with guns, said Shelby Police Chief Jeff Ledford.
The unidentified injured teen was transported to Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby. The teen was in stable condition as of 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said.