By Ryan Seals
The News & Record
HIGH POINT, N.C. — One person was shot and killed Wednesday evening in an incident involving a High Point police officer.
Police responded at 5:05 p.m. to 312 Greer Ave. on a report of a domestic dispute.
An officer entered the residence and found that one person was armed. As a result, the officer fired his weapon and killed that person, according to a news release.
Another person assaulted the officer and was subdued, said Maj. Jim Tate of the High Point Police Department.
Tate said that to his knowledge, the police officer was not injured.
Police did not release the names of the people involved. Neighbors said the home was occupied by a married couple and the husband’s teenage son and that they moved into the neighborhood a few months ago.
Ray Ward, who lives two doors down from the home, said he was in a workshop in his backyard when he heard four or five gunshots.
“I heard a commotion out front where someone was hollering, and I ran around to see if someone needed help,” Ward said.
“The cop, who was here by himself, was trying to get a guy subdued ... hitting the guy with a nightstick. The guy wasn’t obeying what the police were telling him to do.”
Tate confirmed that an officer was involved in an altercation when other police arrived on the scene. He said the man involved in the altercation was taken to High Point Regional Hospital, where he was treated and released before questioning.
Other neighbors said they didn’t know much about the couple, but they said they had heard them arguing in their yard several times, as recently as Saturday.
Police would not provide other details about the incident, including the name of the officer involved in the shooting.
The case has been turned over to agents with the State Bureau of Investigation, which is common with an officer-involved shooting.
Another person assaulted the officer and was subdued, High Point police said.
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