Standoff ends after man fired shots at Franklin County deputies
O AND TIME ASHLEY ROWE WILL GET
YOU CAUGHT UP TO SPEED ON THE
CHARLOTTE CASE IN A MINUTE.
BUT FIRST, THE SUSPECT NAMED
IN THE STANDOFF THAT KEPT
PEOPLE UP ALL NIGHT FOR ITS
FINK IS CHARGED WITH FELONY
DISCHARGING A FIREARM INTO A
HOME.
>> WRAL'S ONE SIDE OR JUST GOT
OFF THE PHONE WITH THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY. JOINING US NOW LIVE
FROM THE SCENE. FLYNN.
>> AND SO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FOR FUNDING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY
SAYS FINK NOW FACES THAT FELONY
CHARGE AND THAT MENTAL HEALTH
COULD HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN ALL
THIS THAT UNFOLDED JUST OVER 24
HOURS AGO HERE ON TWIN CREEK
DRIVE JUST OUTSIDE OF BONN.
THE HOUSE WHERE THIS HAPPENED
IS COVERED IN SHATTERED GLASS
IN THE FRONT SIGNS OF A CHAOTIC
SCENE THAT UNFOLDED HERE
OVERNIGHT.
WE'VE HAD WOODYARD WENT FROM
A QUIET OUTDOOR SPACE TO A
POLICE STAGING AREA DURING A
TENSE 7 HOUR STANDOFF.
>> THAT CALLS UP THE ONE OF
THE WILLS OF THEY HAVE TO SHARE
WITH THE DRAFT BILL PULVER TOLD
TO HAVE.
>> FLASH BANGS RANG OUT FROM
THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR AS DEPUTY
SAY THEY TRIED TO GET 69 YEAR
OLDS FOR ITS FAKE TO COME OUT.
FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF KEVIN
WHITE SAYS BEING FIRED SHOTS AT
RESPONDING DEPUTIES, BUT NO ONE
WAS INJURED. KIND OF CRAZY.
I WAS
LIKE 20.
>> ELENA HAVE A LOT OF LOT OF
COP CARS OUT HERE. DEPUTY SIT
DE SALIR TO PHONES IN THE AREA,
WARNING PEOPLE TO AVOID THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND STAY INSIDE.
>> NATALIE EATON GOT THE
MESSAGE SHE AND HER 4 YOUNG
KIDS WERE AMONG THOSE UNABLE TO
GET HOME MONDAY NIGHT WHEN
DEPUTIES BLOCKED OFF STREETS
LEADING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WAS LIKE 02:00AM BEFORE THEY
SAID, HEY, ALL CAN COME BACK
IN.
>> LUCKILY WE HAD A FRIEND 10
MINUTES AWAY. SO STAY AT HIS
HOUSE.
>> I SPOKE WITH THE SUSPECT'S
RELATIVES. THEY WERE NOT
COMFORTABLE GOING ON CAMERA.
TELL ME FAMILY MEMBERS CALLED
9-1-1 AFTER THEY SAY THINGS
STARTED DRINKING IN FIRING AT
THE WALLS INSIDE AROUND 5.30,
YESTERDAY EVENING. THEY SAY AN
ARGUMENT WITH ANOTHER FAMILY
MEMBER LED TO THE HOURS-LONG
STANDOFF, ARGUMENTS OR
SOMETHING NEIGHBORS SAY HAS
HAPPENED HERE BEFORE. SO WE'VE
HEARD FROM THE PAST, THEY KIND
OF HAD SOME MISCOMMUNICATION
AND THE HOUSEHOLD ANYWAYS.
>> SO IT'S IT'S NOTHING LIKE
NEW FOOT, BUT SAY LIKE THE
CONTENTS OF IT, THAT WAS PRETTY
KNOW.
>> SHATTERED GLASS REMAINS
NEXT. OR HAGWOOD IS RELIEVED TO
THE STANDOFF TO NOT END WITH
SOMEONE GETTING HURT.
>> A SITUATION LIKE THAT, THEY
WENT IN.
SOMEBODY GOT HURT BY IT.
BUT THE YOU KNOW, THE WAY TO
HAVE THE PHOTOS FOR GOOD.
>> SO DEPUTIES REQUESTED HELP
FROM STATE INVESTIGATORS TO
BRING IN RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE
THAT I THINK WAS SAFELY REMOVED
FROM THE HOME. THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE'S FINK IS NOW IN THE
HOSPITAL UNDERGOING MEANT
MEDICAL TREATMENT. ONE SIDE OR