‘Breaking down’: Officer recovering after being shot, family grieving homicide victim

A Monroe police officer is recovering at home Monday after police said she was shot by an 18-year-old man during a traffic stop over the weekend.

Law enforcement escorted her from Atrium Health Main in Charlotte back to Monroe on Sunday.

The officer tried to stop Joshua Sikes at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Old Charlotte Highway and Rocky River Road…

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