The Associated Press
EDEN, N.C. (AP) - A man was shot and killed after he stabbed an Eden drug investigator trying to serve an arrest warrant, authorities said.
Officer Gregory Scott Carter was stabbed above his left eye and in his left rib cage below his armpit while trying to serve a felony arrest warrant, said Eden police chief Gary Benthin.
Carter was taken to Morehead Memorial Hospital, but Benthin said the officer may be transferred to another hospital because doctors were having trouble controlling the bleeding in the wound above his eye.
Benthin said he thought Carter went to a home in Eden early Thursday afternoon for a “knock and talk” after police received complaints from neighbors. The chief said police officers had visited the house regularly.
Carter called a police dispatcher and asked for information on two cars parked in front of the house, Benthin said. The dispatcher reported that the owner of one car had a felony warrant for his arrest. Carter asked the dispatcher to send another officer in a marked police car, then entered the house to serve the warrant and was stabbed.
Benthin said Carter shot and killed the man, then called for backup on his radio at 2:50 p.m.
The suspect’s identity hasn’t been released because his next of kin hadn’t been notified.
Benthin said the man has been wanted since 1995 on two separate arrest warrants: one for two counts of obtaining property by false pretense and the other for failing to appear in court on a traffic citation.
The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the incident, which is common when an officer is involved in a shooting, Benthin said.