A suspect shot in an officer-involved shooting in Newton Grove has been identified as a Clinton man, who has now had felony warrants issued on him for allegedly breaking into a woman’s residence, committing sexual acts on her and taking the victim at gunpoint from the home, Sampson County Sheriff’s authorities said Thursday.
A suspect shot Tuesday by Newton Grove’s police chief has been identified as a Clinton man, who has now had felony warrants issued on him for allegedly breaking into a woman’s residence, committing sexual acts on her and taking the victim at gunpoint from the home, Sampson County Sheriff’s authorities said Thursday.
Former City Councilman Willie W. Bowden Sr. leaves behind a legacy of service to his country, his city and his community as a soldier, police officer, DSS investigator and a man of the Lord.
An officer-involved shooting during an alleged rape and kidnapping incident in Newton Grove is still under investigation Wednesday, the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that offered no new details but took issue with the implication of the town’s police chief in the shooting. The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation has now identified the town’s police chief as the one who fired the weapon.
