Sheriff: Teen accused of killing grandmother killed by Lee County deputy
INSIDER, WRAL, NEWS LIVE DONE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, FLYNN,
ANOTHER FAMILY TRAGEDY, A 13
YEAR-OLD BOY IS DEAD SHOT BY
DEPUTIES IN HOKE COUNTY AFTER
ALLEGEDLY KILLING HIS
GRANDMOTHER. IT STARTED IN HOKE
COUNTY AND ENDED IN LEE COUNTY.
SO IF AND WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES
TONIGHT. CARLY, THIS IS A
HORRIBLE STORY. THE GIST IS
LIKE, AS I SAID, IS ANOTHER
FAMILY TRAGEDY.
>> AND WE'RE NEAR THE AREA
WHERE THE DEPUTY SHOT A 13
YEAR-OLD TEENAGE SUSPECT.
IT'S ABOUT 45 MINUTES AWAY FROM
WHERE THAT TEENAGER'S
GRANDMOTHER WAS FOUND DEAD.
ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEPUTIES FOUND THE SUSPECT
BEHIND AN ABANDONED MOBILE HOME
AROUND HERE. THEY THEN LED
DEPUTIES ON A CHASE THROUGH
THE WOODS.
THE NEW INVESTIGATION INTO A
DEADLY SHOOTING WHEN DEPUTIES
TRIED ARRESTING 18 WANTED FOR
MURDER. IT HAPPENED AROUND
THESE WOODS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IT THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS A DEPUTY SHOT A
13 YEAR-OLD SUSPECT AFTER THE
BOY CHARGED AT THEM WITH A 2 BY
4 PIECE OF LUMBER. HE DIED FROM
HIS INJURIES. IT STEMS FROM
AN ALARMING DISCOVERY IN HOKE
COUNTY HOURS EARLIER. THAT'S
WHERE INVESTIGATORS FOUND THE
SUSPECT'S GRANDMOTHER DEAD
INSIDE THIS HOME AFTER A
WELFARE CHECK. DEPUTIES SAY SHE
HAD BEEN VIOLENTLY MURDERED.
AND I'M LIKE, I JUST IT'S HARD
TO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS
SAY 68 YEAR-OLD CARNEY, LENNON
LIVED IN THE HOME WITH HER 2
GRANDCHILDREN. THE KIDS WHO
ARE SEEN LIKE THIS IN KIDS.
>> TO KAREN. THEY WERE FRIENDLY
JUST LIKE SHE WAS. DEPUTIES
IDENTIFIED HER 13 YEAR-OLD AS
THE SUSPECT AND INCIDENT THAT
STRETCHED TO COUNTIES AND NOW
MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS.
>> AND THE SBI IS INVESTIGATING
THIS DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING.
THAT IS STANDARD PRACTICE.
WHENEVER THERE'S A SHOOTING
INVOLVING A MEMBER OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT, EARLY GAINS.