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Suspect charged with shooting Kings Mountain cop A man accused of shooting a Kings Mountain Police officer was released from the hospital over the weekend, but his freedom was short-lived. Antonio Cortez Anthony was immediately booked into jail and charged with first-degree attempted murder, assault on a police officer with a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is being held in Gaston County Jail without bond. The 30-year-old Hickory man is accused of shooting Cpl. Lee Whittington, a 13-year veteran of the Kings Mountain Police Department. He re...

Suspect named in shooting of Kings Mountain officer The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has named a suspect in the shooting of a Kings Mountain Police officer.  Thirty-year-old Antonio Cortez Anthony has been identified as the person involved in the shootout that sent both himself and Cpl. Lee Whittington to the hospital Saturday night.  Anthony remains in the hospital, and the Kings Mountain Police officer was released from the hospital Wednesday.  The SBI quickly took over the investigation as is customary in officer-involved shootings. Investigators have not released...

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 ...

WCCB Charlotte's CW December 20, 2020   KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. – A Kings Mountain police officer was shot Saturday evening near Kings Mountain Country Club.  Corporal Frank Lee Whittington Jr. was wounded in his abdomen and taken to a hospital in Shelby where he is now recovering from surgery. The suspect was shot by the officer and transported to a hospital in Gastonia where he also required surgery. Kings Mountain Corporal Frank Whittington Jr. Police responded to a call reporting a suspicious individual outside a residence on Downing Drive in Kings Mountain at 8:01 PM. The suspect headed...