Suspect dead, 3 deputies injured after Wayne County standoff
DOT COM. ALL RIGHT, MARK, THANK
YOU. WE'LL CONTINUE TO CHECK
BACK WITH YOU IF WE HAVE ANY
UPDATES DURING THIS NEWSCAST.
>> BRAND NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
3 DEPUTIES SHOT IN THE LINE OF
DUTY TODAY AFTER AN HOURS LONG
STANDOFF. THE SUSPECT IS NOW
DEAD. AUTHORITIES SAY SERGEANT
MATTHEW FISHMAN IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION. 2 OTHER DEPUTIES
ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER.
ALL 3 ARE 8 ECU BIDEN MEDICAL
CENTER. WRAL HAS BEEN ON TOP OF
THIS STORY SINCE HIS FIRST
BROKEN TONIGHT. WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE FROM THE SCENE AND
THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE DEPUTIES
ARE BEING TREATED. WE BEGIN
WITH WRAL'S. JULIAN GRACE WERE
ALL OF THIS UNFOLDED. JULIAN?
>> ON DENVER, POLICE HAVE
IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS 23
YEAR-OLD JORDAN HAMILTON.
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HERE.
SQUAD CARS ARE STILL HERE AS
INVESTIGATORS TRY TO PIECE
TOGETHER THE MOMENTS BEFORE AND
AFTER THE SHOOTINGS
>> OUR UPDATE IS SAW THERE WAS
A MALE SUSPECT FOUND INSIDE
THE RESIDENCE WITH A AN
APPARENT FATAL SELF-INFLICTED
GUNSHOT WOUND.
>> NEARLY 9 HOURS LATER, THE
STANDOFF WAS OVER. IT STARTED
AROUND 10, 30 THIS MORNING WHEN
WAYNE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRIVED
TO ARRINGTON BRIDGE ROAD WITH
PAPERS IN HAND ONCE AT THE
DOOR, INVESTIGATORS SAY
DEPUTIES WERE INSTANTLY GREETED
WITH GUNFIRE.
3 DEPUTIES WERE SHOT AND
RUSHED, DIVIDE AND ECU MEDICAL
HOSPITAL. WE HAD SKY 5 IN THE
AIR CAPTURING THE SCENE ON THE
GROUND WHILE DEPUTIES TRIED TO
MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GUNMAN
INSIDE, WE DISCOVERED THE
WARRANT WAS FOR AN INVOLUNTARY
COMMITMENT. MEANING SOMEONE
THOUGHT THE SUSPECT. 23
YEAR-OLD JORDAN HAMILTON WAS A
DANGER TO HIMSELF AND NEEDED
HELP. AND THEN JUST BEFORE THE
9TH, OUR DEPUTIES FOUND THE
GUNMAN, JORDAN HAMILTON INSIDE.
>> ALL ALONE IN THE HOME DEAD.
>> WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GET
ADDITIONAL DETAILS. WHAT WE CAN
TELL YOU, THE FBI IS HANDLING
THIS INVESTIGATION AND THEN I
WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO
THIS ROAD BEHIND ME. YOU SEE
THE SQUAD CAR STILL HERE.
WE'RE TOLD INVESTIGATORS WILL
BE OUT HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
>> DEBORAH, JULIAN GRACE