From my understanding, a man was pulled over by a Sheriff's deputy on an outstanding warrent and when the officer approached the car the driver opened fire wounding two policemen. He then fled into the woods, the area was blocked off by responding police and the man later apprehended.
I was in church at Center Baptist in Candor last night as all this was transpiring so I don't have any details like names or more specifics on exactly what transpired, the condition of the officers or anymore than I have reported except that one of the officers was transported to Winston I believe.
My prayers go out to ther families of the shooting victims and for the officers themselves.
I live very close to where the shooting took place and was concerned about my wifes safety as well as that of my neighbors. I was relieved to hear that the man was aphrehended without any one else getting injured.
The son of my pastor and his wife has a son on the Thomasville Police force and the son al;so is on the state drug task force. He has been schooled as an expert in drugs and apparently he was keeping his parents updated via text last night. My pastor received details including names but being old and stupid I can't remember any of the names.
Of course this incident will dominate the local news scene today but the main thing is to say a pray for the familes and victims.
ByStaff Writer
RANDLEMAN — A man accused of shooting two Randolph County deputies Monday was being held in the county jail on $5.25 million bond, the sheriff’s office said Monday night.
The white and brown mutt wagged its tail, just like it did when strangers approached.
That’s when it occurred to a couple who live nearby that the fugitive might be hiding in the neighbor’s ramshackle barn.
A dozen cruisers arrived seconds after they called 911, said the couple, who declined to be identified. A deputy stepped out of his car and poked his head in the barn, the couple said.
“Then it was on,” the man wearing a gray sweatshirt said. He could hear the scuffle inside the barn and see the vine-covered walls shaking. In minutes it was over, and Ashley was in custody.
The capture ended a four-hour manhunt on the edge of Randleman.
About 2:30 p.m. Monday, two deputies on patrol recognized Ashley and two women in a car and pulled it over on the on-ramp to U.S. 220 from U.S. 311, Sheriff Maynard B. Reid Jr. said Ashley was wanted in home invasions and assaults, including the assault of an elderly woman, Reid said.
Gunfire between the deputies and Ashley erupted after the traffic stop, Reid said.
“There was an exchange of gunfire and he ran into the woods,” Reid said. He described the injured officers as veteran deputies.
Both deputies were taken to Randolph Hospital in stable condition, hospital spokeswoman Leigh Anna Johnson said.
One was then flown to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem and the other to University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill, Johnson said.
Reid declined to name the deputies and would not discuss the extent of their injuries.
When Ashley fled west into a heavily wooded area, the two women who had been with him remained near the car and were taken to the station for interviews, Reid said.
Before long, scores of investigators were on the scene, searching for Ashley with dogs and a helicopter.
Although they were not evacuated, residents near the site of the shooting were told to stay inside, Reid said.
Representatives from a dozen news outlets converged on a nearby convenience store to broadcast news of the fugitive.
Officers blocked off U.S. 311, forcing motorists to find alternate routes in the area.
Reid said Ashley was considered armed and dangerous.
Local, state and federal law enforcement officers scoured the area.
Randolph County Schools were told bus routes would need to change because some roads had been closed while investigators searched for Ashley.
Authorities from High Point and Guilford, Montgomery, Alamance, Davidson and Randolph counties, along with the Highway Patrol and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, participated.
Authorities said there were warrants for Ashley’s arrest in Guilford and Randolph counties.
Reid said he was confident Ashley would be found.
But after about four hours, there had been no sign of him.
A break came when they received the 911 call. Ashley was caught in the barn about 6:30 p.m.
Records show law enforcement is familiar with Ashley. He has convictions as far back as 1993. He has been convicted of identity theft, felony breaking and entering and larceny.
Contact Joe Gamm at 373-7090 or jgamm@news-record.com
Jamey Lee Ashley, 36, of Greensboro was held on two charges of attempted first-degree murder, two charges of assault on a law enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is charged with shooting the deputies during a traffic stop Monday afternoon.
Ashley was captured after a dog kept barking and running up to a dilapidated tobacco barn in the 4600 block of Dairy Breeze Drive in rural Randolph.The white and brown mutt wagged its tail, just like it did when strangers approached.
That’s when it occurred to a couple who live nearby that the fugitive might be hiding in the neighbor’s ramshackle barn.
A dozen cruisers arrived seconds after they called 911, said the couple, who declined to be identified. A deputy stepped out of his car and poked his head in the barn, the couple said.
“Then it was on,” the man wearing a gray sweatshirt said. He could hear the scuffle inside the barn and see the vine-covered walls shaking. In minutes it was over, and Ashley was in custody.
The capture ended a four-hour manhunt on the edge of Randleman.
About 2:30 p.m. Monday, two deputies on patrol recognized Ashley and two women in a car and pulled it over on the on-ramp to U.S. 220 from U.S. 311, Sheriff Maynard B. Reid Jr. said Ashley was wanted in home invasions and assaults, including the assault of an elderly woman, Reid said.
Gunfire between the deputies and Ashley erupted after the traffic stop, Reid said.
“There was an exchange of gunfire and he ran into the woods,” Reid said. He described the injured officers as veteran deputies.
Both deputies were taken to Randolph Hospital in stable condition, hospital spokeswoman Leigh Anna Johnson said.
One was then flown to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem and the other to University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill, Johnson said.
Reid declined to name the deputies and would not discuss the extent of their injuries.
When Ashley fled west into a heavily wooded area, the two women who had been with him remained near the car and were taken to the station for interviews, Reid said.
Before long, scores of investigators were on the scene, searching for Ashley with dogs and a helicopter.
Although they were not evacuated, residents near the site of the shooting were told to stay inside, Reid said.
Representatives from a dozen news outlets converged on a nearby convenience store to broadcast news of the fugitive.
Officers blocked off U.S. 311, forcing motorists to find alternate routes in the area.
Reid said Ashley was considered armed and dangerous.
Local, state and federal law enforcement officers scoured the area.
Randolph County Schools were told bus routes would need to change because some roads had been closed while investigators searched for Ashley.
Authorities from High Point and Guilford, Montgomery, Alamance, Davidson and Randolph counties, along with the Highway Patrol and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, participated.
Authorities said there were warrants for Ashley’s arrest in Guilford and Randolph counties.
Reid said he was confident Ashley would be found.
But after about four hours, there had been no sign of him.
A break came when they received the 911 call. Ashley was caught in the barn about 6:30 p.m.
Records show law enforcement is familiar with Ashley. He has convictions as far back as 1993. He has been convicted of identity theft, felony breaking and entering and larceny.
Contact Joe Gamm at 373-7090 or jgamm@news-record.com
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