We had two Officers shot and killed last night

[james13f]

I don't know what's been released yet so I can't say anything more.....

Please just pray for their families and our department, we haven't had an officer shooting in 13 years.

I'm in shock.......................................

I didn't know either of them personally, but as ya'll know it's still like having a family member shot.

I'll update details as I know they are released.

[deputywave]

Thoughts and prayers sent. RIP

[Hockey9019]

Two CMPD officers killed in East Charlotte

http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/....1e3ee2b6.html


Two Charlotte Mecklenburg police officers were killed after responding to a disturbance call at an east Charlotte apartment complex Saturday night.

Sean Clark, 33, and Jeffrey Shelton both died from gunshot wounds inflicted from a shooting at Timber Hollow Apartments. They had been transported to Carolinas Medical Center after the incident, where they were pronounced dead.

According to CMPD Police Chief Darrel Stephens, Clark and Shelton were struggling with one of the suspects in the apartment parking lot when they were shot. Neither of the officers ever fired a shot of their own.

Both Clark and Shelton were married. Clark, a West Mecklenburg High School graduate, had a child on the way.

Police are now looking for at least two suspects related to the shooting.

Milton Rd. has been blocked off while police conduct their search for the suspects. A SWAT team and K-9 units have been called in to assist police in their efforts.

Watch WCNC and WCNC.com for more updates on this developing story.



RIP :(

[mobrien316]

What a terrible tragedy. Prayers sent for their families.

[JakeLock]

James I'm sorry to hear about this, keep your head up. I hope they catch the two scum bags...

Prayers sent out. :(

[james13f]

:::sigh:::

So I've spent the last hour going to formation (drill weekend) and calling everyone in my phone to make sure that they know and don't go to their team office or the LEC without knowing.

Also feeling guilty because I wasn't working last night, because I wasn't there when it happened. I know me being there wouldn't have changed anything, it just matters for some reason.

They didn't even get radio traffic out... there was a sheriff deputy or ALE or somebody who heard the shots and went to check it out and saw our guys down.

How does some stupid gang-banger thug get lucky enough to hit both our guys fatally?

I'm not going to detail more because I don't know what is hear-say yet, I've just been getting bits of info from each person who already knows. But it was a standard, routine disturbance/argument type call.

I'm still in shock honestly, I know it hasn't sunk in. Again I didn't know either personally (although I'm sure we've exchanged radio traffic) but ya'll know how it is.

Be safe everybody.

[patchcop]

RIP, prayers sent

[Creeker]

What the Hell, another double in the next state over?

I'm wondering if this is going to become a trend.

It seems as though I've heard of more double cop killings in the last few months than ever before.

[Whitebear]

terrible.... prayers sent....

[CPDlife4ME]

How terrible. :(

Sorry for your loss James, prayers sent

[SuperTrooper]

Prayers sent...

[phantasm]

This should be moved to officer down.

RIP

Two police officers killed; two shooters at large
KYTJA WEIR
Two Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers were shot and killed in the line of duty late Saturday when they responded to a call at an east Charlotte apartment complex.
The two shooters remain at large this morning, with police searching the area extensively with helicopters and patrols. Police did not have a detailed description about the two men but asked anyone with information to call 911.

Officer Sean Clark and Officer Jeffrey Shelton both died at Carolinas Medical Center early today. They were the first Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers fatally shot in the line of duty in more than a decade.

The two North Tryon division officers were called out to handle a reported disturbance at 10:26 p.m. at the Timber Ridge Apartments near Milton Road, police said.

They were shot around 11:15 p.m., police said, while struggling with a person in the apartment complex parking lot. Neither fired their weapon, police said.

Medic ambulances were called at 11:21 p.m. and they rushed the officers to the Carolinas Medical Center's main facility.

Clark, 34, who had worked for the department for just over a year, died shortly after midnight. He was a 1991 graduate of West Mecklenburg High School. He had transferred from the South division in January as part of the department's redistricting in January.

Officer Shelton, 35, who had been with the force for more six years, was pronounced dead just after 4 a.m.

Both officers were married and Clark was expected a child.

"It's heartbreaking," Officer Bob Fey, a CMPD public information officer told WCNC. "Just hearing a call like that going out over the air ... just hearing the dispatcher say those words over the air, `We have two officers shot in the North Tryon Division,' it just makes your heart skip a beat."

The fatal shooting came almost exactly a year after Officer Kayvan Hazrati was shot in the head while trying to serve a rape warrant against a man in northern Charlotte. He survived the shooting but has not yet returned to work. Another officer was also shot at during a standoff with the same suspect but his helmet deflected the bullet.

The last time an officer from the department was fatally shot in the line of duty was in 1993, when the city was a smaller place but had a record year of violence with 129 homicides.

Officers John Burnette, 25, and Andy Nobles, 26, were shot to death after responding to a call about a stolen van. Alden Harden was convicted of shooting Burnette and Nobles as the officers chased him through woods near Boulevard Homes in southwest Charlotte. He was sentenced to death.

Streets near the crime scene were renamed for the two popular community officers, and there also is a memorial bearing their names in Sharon Memorial Park in east Charlotte.

Police asked Sunday that people keep Clark and Shelton and their families in their prayers.

After Saturday's shooting, Milton Road was blocked off for several hours overnight while police conducted their search for the suspects, but it has since been reopened. A SWAT team, K-9 units and a police helicopter have been called in to assist police in their efforts.

-- Staff writer April Bethea and news partner WCNC contributed.

-- Read tomorrow's Charlotte Observer for more details on this developing story.

http://www.charlotte.com/112/story/70713.html

[citcop]

......it was a standard, routine disturbance/argument type call.

Goes to show that there is no such thing.

Godspeed to these officers.

Stay safe everyone.

[Darin]

Thoughts and prayers sent. Hope they get the turd soon.

[Hockey9019]

I was just looking at ODMP and noticed in 1993 they had a double fatal shooting too. It was also at an apartment complex. Not sure if its the same one or not but just kind of creepy


Either way, may they rest in peace