Incident

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8-08-2015 North Carolina Gastonia 4-1

Location

August 08, 2015

Incident Address

Gastonia, North Carolina

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer T.M. Leopard
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer C.M. Belli
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Name: Debra Maness Childress
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Name: Retired Officer Charles Dean Thompson
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Neighbor
Name: Jeffrey Clyde Wilkes
Age: 59
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)

Notes

man who shot and killed a neighbor in a home then fired on police, who shot back Retired officer's body found at 4621 Balsam Court.

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Shotgun

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gaston-county-shooting-five-shot-including-two-police-officers-n406611

URL: http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/heavy-police-presence-gastonia/nnGJc/

URL: http://www.witn.com/news/crime/headlines/2-officers-injured-2-others-dead-in-Gaston-County-shootout-321184641.html

URL: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article30532512.html

URL: http://wncn.com/2015/08/11/he-just-killed-my-dad-911-calls-reveal-moments-before-nc-shootout/

District

Congressional District: 10
State Senate District: 43
State House District: 109