A stand-off ended dramatically in eastern North Carolina when a deputy decided to shoot an armed man holding a woman hostage in a vehicle, according to investigators.
The shooting happened around 11:20 a.m. Thursday near Greenville, after the driver collided with an N.C. Department of Adult Correction, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office said. The suspect initially threatened to harm himself, then turned on his passenger, officials said.
“Deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 1200 block of Moore Rouse Rd, near Maury Correctional (Institution). … Upon arrival, deputies found a male and female in one vehicle with the male subject holding a weapon on the female, refusing to let her leave the vehicle,” the sheriff’s office said in an Oct. 15 news release…