A North Carolina sheriff’s detention officer has died after being shot by an inmate trying to escape custody on Monday. The ...

Two detention officers were escorting the suspect -- a heightened protocol after the inmate had previously attempted a failed ...

Cherokee County Sheriff's Deputy Francisco Flattes was shot and killed after struggling with an inmate he was escorting to a ...

Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen ...

The community in Cherokee County, North Carolina continues to mourn the loss of a detention officer was shot and killed by a ...

One person was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Lincolnton on Sunday afternoon, police said. Officers responded to a ...

The State Bureau of Investigation is conducting a probe into the incident, as is standard in all shootings involving law ...

The police department said “a brief physical altercation” occurred after the motorcycle attempting to flee a traffic stop and ...