State trooper shoots driver fleeing traffic stop
SHALLOTTE — One person was injured when a state trooper shot at a car trying to flee the scene of a traffic stop, according to a release from the N.C. Highway Patrol. The trooper stopped a car on N.C. 130 near Shallotte shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday when, “the trooper discharged his firearm as the violator vehicle accelerated towards him, fleeing the scene,” the release said. The driver of the car was found shortly after the incident at […]
