An off-duty North Carolina police officer with more than two decades on the job was fatally shot while trying to stop a crime at a local gas station, authorities said Sunday.
Sgt. Philip Dale Nix – who had served 23 years with the Greensboro Police Department – “witnessed a crime occurring” around 4 p.m. Saturday at the Sheetz location on Sandy Ridge Road in the city of Colfax when he jumped into action, Chief John Thompson said.
“The officer approached the suspects and was subsequently shot,” Thompson said.
Three suspects, all from Winston-Salem, were arrested Sunday in connection with the veteran officer’s death, according to WTVD.
Jamere Justice Foster, 18, was being held without bond on charges of first-degree murder, larceny and conspiracy to commit larceny, the outlet said.
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The other two suspects were identified as Z’quriah Le’Pearce Blackwell, 18, and 28-year-old John Walter Morrison.
Blackwell was also being held without bond on charges of accessory after the fact to first-degree murder, larceny and conspiracy to commit larceny, while Morrison was charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder and being held on a $500,000 bond, according to the report.
Let’s see their names and photos just once more: at sentencing.
Not even safe at a damn gas station these days !!!!