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Following an internal review conducted by the Kinston Police Department Administration and the department's Internal Affairs Division, the following information is being released to provide transparency and support the actions taken by responding officers during a recent critical incident.
Early Sunday at approximately 3:15 a.m., Kinston officers responded to a domestic-related call on the 1300 block of Manchester Road where a male suspect armed with a firearm threatened a female resident. When the suspect produced the weapon upon officers’ arrival, they discharged their service weapons, fatally wounding him. The SBI and KPD’s internal affairs division are now conducting independent and internal investigations, and both officers involved have been placed on administrative leave.
Lenoir County Public Schools was among several school districts across the state to receive via email today an anonymous, non-specific threat to school safety. Notified immediately by LCPS, local law enforcement began an investigation and, out of an abundance of caution, dispatched additional personnel to our schools to conduct walk-throughs.
The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Kinston Police Department, took a juvenile into custody Monday evening in reference to the shooting in La Grange on Friday. “The Kinston Police Department played an instrumental role in taking him into custody,” said Lenoir County Sheriff Jackie Rogers.
On February 3, 2023, members of the Kinston Police Department's VCAT unit and the NC SBI, tracked and located a wanted fugitive out of Greensboro, NC.
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office along with the NC State Bureau of Investigation are currently investigating two separate shooting incidents that occurred near the Greene/Lenoir County Line.
The Greene County Sheriff's Office and the NC SBI are currently investigating a death that occurred on Exum Ln in Maury on Monday 05/02/2022.
The man involved in Tuesday’s shooting death of a man at a La Grange convenience store has been located and arrested.
