GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — An officer’s use of force in a fatal shooting in Greensboro earlier this year was justified, according to a statement released on Wednesday by the office of Guilford County District Attorney Avery Crump.
On June 26 around 8:28 a.m., Greensboro officers were sent to Crestridge Road when they were told about a domestic situation between Titus Kopp, 28, of High Point, his grandmother and her daughter.
The grandmother had left her home due to her grandson’s behavior and called 911. She told a dispatcher that Kopp had broken into her home, was ransacking her home and was threatening to kill her, her daughter and himself.
Upon arrival, Officer Petruzzi saw the grandmother sitting on the curb crying. She said “her grandson just got out of jail, broke into her home and was threatening to kill himself with a knife”.
When asked if he was alone, she responded, “He’s got my daughter in there. I can’t get in”.
Petruzzi continued to talk to the grandmother as they walked toward the house. About midway up the driveway, Kopp ran out of the house with a knife.