RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA — A 13-year-old boy suspected of killing his grandmother was shot and killed by a North Carolina deputy after allegedly charging toward the officer with a piece of lumber during a chase, authorities confirmed Friday.
According to the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were first called to a home in Raeford on Thursday for a welfare check. Inside, they discovered 68-year-old Connie Linen dead from what investigators have classified as a homicide.
Detectives quickly identified her grandson — a 13-year-old boy — as the primary suspect and began preparing first-degree murder charges before locating him in neighboring Lee County later that day.
Confrontation Turns Fatal
Officials with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said deputies found the boy hiding behind an abandoned mobile home in the Cameron area, roughly 30 miles from where his grandmother was found dead. When officers approached, the teen ran from the scene, sparking a short foot pursuit…