The Charlotte shooting emphasizes the risks law enforcement officers face every day when they put on their uniforms and head out the door. The job can be deadly and for the law enforcement community, it can also lead to a long fight for justice.
May 1st marks one year since the man accused of killing
Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd escaped
from the Piedmont Regional Jail in Virginia and made his way to Mexico.
was captured four days later some 2,400 miles away. A year later, Wake County is no closer to having him face a judge.
ABC11 is learning that there’s already been a hearing. The United States Department of Justice won the right to an extradition, but Sotelo is appealing that ruling.
The case is now in a holding pattern.
“I don’t think you ever truly just move on completely. It’s always there,” said Wake County Sheriff’s Office Chief Tony Godwin. “When something like this happens anywhere, we feel it.”
There are memorials now all over the Wake County Sheriff’s Office honoring Byrd and the sacrifice he made.