FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A Rural Hall man has been sentenced eight years after exchanging gunfire with a Kernersville police officer, according to the Forsyth County District Attorney.
On Monday, Broderick Tywone Ruth, 31, was convicted of the following:
- Felony flee to elude arrest
- Assault with a firearm on a law enforcement officer
- Discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle in operation
- Possession of a firearm by a felon and
- Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill
The officer attempted to stop Ruth for a traffic violation in the 700 block of West Mountain Street in Kernersville.
Ruth immediately got out of his vehicle and fired multiple shots from a handgun at the officer…