UPDATE: 7 deputies on leave, 2 injured after shooting at checkpoint
LELAND, NC (WWAY) -- A shooting around midnight Friday at a DWI checkpoint along Highway 17 in Leland involved seven deputies and two suspects who were taken to the hospital. Late this afternoon, a...
View ArticleSheriff provides details of Friday night checkpoint shooting
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Law enforcement is finally releasing details about a shooting Friday night at a DWI checkpoint in Leland. Today the Brunswick County Sheriff described what happened that...
View ArticleSuspect from checkpoint shooting out of hospital, in jail
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A second suspect involved in a shot by officers at a DWI checkpoint earlier this month is out of the hospital and in jail.The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office says...
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DA: Officers were justified in June checkpoint shooting
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Brunswick County's district attorney says officers were justified in using lethal force when they shot at a vehicle that tried to leave a DWI checkpoint in Leland in...
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