Man killed in shootout with North Carolina deputies
LENOIR, N.C. – Authorities say a man was killed days after he shot and wounded a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop.
News outlets report the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said 51-year-old Kerry Edwin Townsend shot a deputy just below his safety vest during the stop last Sunday.
The sheriff’s office said Townsend and a woman in the car with him fled the scene. They were tracked down at a house on Tuesday, where investigators say Townsend fired a pistol at deputies. The deputies returned fire and killed him.
The woman, 40-year-old Stephanie Lee Sipes, is charged with accessory after the fact to felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
Sipes is jailed on a $1 million bond. Her attorney declined comment Thursday.
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