GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The State Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate a shooting.
According to the SBI, they were requested by the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office to investigate an officer-involved shooting. This shooting occurred around 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 1 in the area of Spotswood Road and Ashview Court in Summerfield.
The SBI says that a person in the Summerfield area say they saw a man walking around carrying machetes and called the sheriff’s office. Deputies arrived and it became a “quickly developing situation.”
A person was shot by a deputy and taken to the hospital. They are expected to survive. No details about what led to the shooting have been released as of yet.
This is a developing situation. The SBI is investigating, as is standard procedure in a shooting involving an officer.
Source: Fox 8 News Channel
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