The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (VCAT) was serving a warrant for a murder suspect in Gastonia when a suspect in a car opened fire on them.
It took place at 7:18 a.m. in the 500 block of North Falls Street.
Police said that when VCAT got to the scene, a suspect in a car started shooting at a CMPD car. As the VCAT agent ran for cover, they fired more shots at a nearby house.
The tweet below verifies the news:
Shots Fired at CMPD’s VCAT Detectives https://t.co/vz8t87LLu2
— CMPD News (@CMPD) May 28, 2023
The authorities said that no cops were shot at.
CMPD says that the suspect ran away from the scene, and police gave chase.
Police said that the suspect was caught after VCAT agents found the suspect and the car.
#BREAkING GPD investigating report of shots fired at officers from another jurisdiction serving search warrant at home in 500 blk of N. Falls St.
Shots toward officers reportedly came from passing car.
NO OFFICERS struck by gunfire.
Call of shots fired rcvd at 7:18 am pic.twitter.com/Gxvw1ELcGE
— Gastonia Police (@GPDNC) May 28, 2023
Police say that no CMPD officers fired their service guns during the event.
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No one has been hurt, as far as we know.
The probe is being done by the Gastonia Police Department.
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