Updated: 5:10 PM EDT Apr 18, 2021 A person who was shot inside their car on a busy Asheville highway Thursday has died, according to police.Asheville Police Department said it happened around 2:45 p.m. Thursday on Smokey Park Highway.(Video Above: 4 shootings, 1 deadly, 2 involving road rage happened in 24 hours in Asheville) Police said Sunday that Nathaniel Leon Crosby, 31, of Weaverville, died of his injuries.A person of interest has been identified and located with the assistance of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, according to police.The highway was briefly shut down at the time of the shooting.Police say this is the second homicide in Asheville in 2021.
Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal:
Question: The news has recently covered a story in which a law enforcement officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, a suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, accidentally shot and killed an individual with her service pistol when she thought she was firing her Taser. It appears from the report of the incident that her service pistol and the Taser were both on the strong hand side of her body. It seems to me that those two weapons should be on opposite sides, with the Taser being on the weak hand side of the law enforcement officer s body, and the lethal force service pistol on the strong hand side. This would eliminate the possibility of a tragic mistake. What is the policy and training related to the use of service pistols and Tasers in the Asheville City Police Department and the Buncombe County Sheriff s Department? Is there a requirement that those two weapons be on the opposite side of an officer s
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Buncombe County Sheriff s Office says an inmate died just over three hours after she was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility on April 10.
According to a news release from the sheriff s office, a detention officer at the jail was performing regular supervision rounds at 3:27 p.m. April 10 and spoke with the detainee, Tania Shepherd, 37, who wasn’t feeling well.
The officer called for a nurse who arrived 2 minutes later. The nurse checked Shepherd s vital signs and administered Narcan, a medication used to counter the effects of opioid overdose.
Buncombe County EMS arrived at the detention facility at 3:41 p.m. and continued medical care as the detainee was transported to Mission Hospital. Shepherd had been booked into the jail at 12:19 p.m. that same day, charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle and given a $5,000 bond, said Aaron Sarver, Buncombe County Sheriff s Office spokesman.