Ax attack, shooting rock quiet village
WRAL NEWS LIVE IN RALEIGH.
>> NEW TODAY TO POLICE OFFICER
SHOT AND KILLED A MAN THEY SAY
CAME AT THEM WITH AN AX.
>> INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS ALL
STARTED AS A CALL FOR
SUSPICIOUS PERSON AS A HOME
WAS SMOKING IN THE AREA.
POLICE SAY THE MAN TOOK THE AX
FROM A FIREFIGHTER WRAL'S
CHELSEA DONOVAN JOINS US NOW
LIVE FROM PINEHURST WHERE
AUTHORITIES ARE STILL ON THE
SCENE. CHELSEA.
>> HE HAD EVER NEARLY 12 HOURS
LATER. INVESTIGATORS POLICE AND
DETECTIVES STILL ON THIS SCENE
HERE. WE SHOULD MENTION THIS IS
AN UNUSUAL SCENE, AS YOU
MENTIONED, THAT STARTED OUT AS
A SUSPICIOUS PERSON PERSON.
THEN A FIRE AND THEN THEN AN
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING ONE
THAT HASN'T HAPPENED HERE IN
THE VILLAGE SINCE THE 1950'S.
>> THIS IS WHAT THE VILLAGE
IS KNOWN FOR.
THING ON RENOWNED PRESTIGIOUS
COURSES, RETIREES AND ROCKING
CHAIRS. A PICTURESQUE
COMMUNITY, CRIME SCENE TAPE
AND FLASHING LIGHTS ARE RARELY
SEEN IN. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL
FOR FIGHTERS.
IT STARTED AROUND 07:00AM WITH
REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS PERSON
ON REMINGTON LANE.
>> SO POLICE RESPONDED AFTER
SEVERAL MINUTES. THEY DID SEE
SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM
RESIDENTS. THEN FIRE CREWS
ARRIVED. ONE FIREFIGHTER AND
LEAVING THEIR ACTS AT THE FRONT
DOOR AFTER MAKING ENTRY A MALE
SUBJECT EXITED THE FRONT DOOR
OF THE RESIDENCE GAINED ACCESS
TO AN ACCIDENT WAS NEAR THE
FRONT DOOR.
I RAISE THE ACTION CHARGE THAT
SEVERAL OFFICERS POLICE SAY
THEY TRIED LESS LETHAL FORCE
AND VERBAL COMMANDS THAT DIDN'T
WORK.
>> SO THEN 2 OFFICERS FIRED
THEIR GUNS. I'VE NEVER SEEN
THIS MANY POLICEMAN HERE ON IT.
>> ON THE STREET OR OUT AT THIS
TIME, OUR OFFICERS OBVIOUSLY
ARE SHAKEN FOLLOWING THE
SITUATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
>> THE MAN IN HIS LATE 20'S
LATER DIED. IT'S AN INCIDENT
THAT HAS SHOCKED THIS GOLF AND
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY HAD NEVER
HEARD.
>> I'VE NEVER HAD BEEN SHOT
OUT HERE. THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
AND THEN WE HAD A GUN SHOT OUT
HERE AND KIND OF BEEN HERE AND
I'VE BEEN HERE OVER 12 TO 20
YEARS. I MEAN, WHEN IS THE LAST
TIME THE VILLAGE HAS HAD AN
OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING, THE
RIGHT NOW SURVIVE? SHE KNEW
NOTHING WAS PROBABLY IN THE
1950'S.
CERTAINLY THIS IS THE NORMALITY
HERE IN THIS QUIET VILLAGE.
WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION THOSE
2 OFFICERS THAT FIRED THEIR
WEAPONS.
>> THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH PAY.
THAT IS STANDARD PROTOCOL AS
THE SBI IS HERE NOW CONTINUING
TO CONDUCT THEIR INVESTIGATION