A 23-year-old armed robbery suspect was also accused of leading Charlotte-Mecklenburg officers on a vehicle chase and firing a gun at them, a news release Friday said.
Christopher Jaiquan Chisholm, of Charlotte, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, six counts of assaulting an officer with a firearm, felony flee to elude arrest, robbery with a dangerous weapon and larceny from a vehicle.
Chisholm was also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, according to court records.
Police responded to an armed robbery call at 3:20 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of Summit Avenue. An arrest warrant accused Chisholm of stealing an iPhone and 2010 BMW from another man.
Officers attempted to stop Chisholm in a vehicle, but he fled, police said. During the vehicle chase, officers heard gunfire coming from Chisholm’s vehicle in their direction.
Chisholm crashed the vehicle in the 3600 block of Morris Field Drive in west Charlotte and ran away before being caught by police, the news release said.
No one was injured, and no officers fired their weapons, the news release said.
Information about Chisholm’s bond was not immediately available Friday evening.
Jeff A. Chamer is a breaking news reporter for the Charlotte Observer. He’s lived a few places, but mainly in Michigan where he grew up. Before joining the Observer, Jeff covered K-12 and higher education at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette in Massachusetts.
A police officer in Canton, Ohio, is lucky to be alive after an accused shoplifter pointed a gun in his face and pulled the trigger. The whole incident was captured on body cam video.The video is in the player above, however, viewer discretion advised Canton police were called to the Walmart on Thursday afternoon for two people shoplifting.Police took 23-year-old Katerina Jeffrey and 21-year-old Shane Newman into custody after being accused of shoplifting.Before the two sat down, Newman was patted down.”Nothing on you that’s going to poke me, stab me?” the police officer asked Newman.Newman replied no.Minutes passed as the officer asked the two people for their names.After giving the officer a fake name, video showed Newman pulling a gun out of a pouch he was hiding. He shot the gun, but it did not go off. He then tried to reload and pointed it at the officer again.The theft prevention officer then jumped on Newman, causing him to drop the gun.The officer brought Newman to the ground and called for backup.Officers later found two bullets in Jeffrey’s pocket, who also had two warrants out for her arrest.Newman had one warrant of his own and was holding onto several pills.Jeffrey is facing a robbery charge and Newman is facing several charges, including assaulting a peace officer and attempted murder.
A police officer in Canton, Ohio, is lucky to be alive after an accused shoplifter pointed a gun in his face and pulled the trigger.
The whole incident was captured on body cam video.
The video is in the player above, however, viewer discretion advised
Canton police were called to the Walmart on Thursday afternoon for two people shoplifting.
Police took 23-year-old Katerina Jeffrey and 21-year-old Shane Newman into custody after being accused of shoplifting.
Before the two sat down, Newman was patted down.
“Nothing on you that’s going to poke me, stab me?” the police officer asked Newman.
Newman replied no.
Minutes passed as the officer asked the two people for their names.
After giving the officer a fake name, video showed Newman pulling a gun out of a pouch he was hiding. He shot the gun, but it did not go off.
He then tried to reload and pointed it at the officer again.
The theft prevention officer then jumped on Newman, causing him to drop the gun.
The officer brought Newman to the ground and called for backup.
Officers later found two bullets in Jeffrey’s pocket, who also had two warrants out for her arrest.
Newman had one warrant of his own and was holding onto several pills.
Jeffrey is facing a robbery charge and Newman is facing several charges, including assaulting a peace officer and attempted murder.
A Charlotte man was charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of another man in the chest on a CATS bus Thursday.
James Calvin Bennett, 57, was also charged with assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill, and was being held without bond, court records say.
A CMPD arrest affidavit said the department received a call about a stabbing near 1409 North Tryon Street at 4:44 p.m. A man had stab wounds, the affidavit said.
He was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, MEDIC said.
The man was able to speak with police before being taken into surgery, the affidavit said. He told police he got on the bus at a Walmart near North Tryon Street to get away from Bennett after he accused Bennett of flashing a knife at him.
“At one point he told him youre not going to do anything with that knife while on the bus in an attempt to get the suspect to stop intimidating him,” the affidavit said.
Video surveillance from the bus showed Bennett following the victim from the back of the bus to the front , the affidavit said.
Bennett could be seen following the man several times to different areas on the bus before stabbing him, the affidavit said. Bennett continued to stab at the victim after he fell, slicing at his hands while the man defended himself. A bystander pushed Bennett off of the man, the bus driver opened the door, and Bennett ran off, the affidavit said.
The affidavit said the stabbing took place at the front of the bus, near the driver. The bus driver knew the victim well and called him “Frenchie.”
Witnesses, including the bus driver, told police that Bennett was drunk and argumentative with the victim, the affidavit said. The witnesses said the victim tried to calm Bennett down, asked him to leave him alone, and asked Bennett why he was following him.
Riders tried to help the victim when Bennett ran off the bus. An officer later arrested Bennett after recognizing his clothes, blood on his shoes, and a cut on his hand, the affidavit said.
Bennett has faced several charges in recent years, including communicating threats, domestic violence, and habitual larceny. CMPD said Bennett has a previous arrest on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill but pleaded down to inflicting serious injury with a dangerous weapon .
Jeff A. Chamer is a breaking news reporter for the Charlotte Observer. He’s lived a few places, but mainly in Michigan where he grew up. Before joining the Observer, Jeff covered K-12 and higher education at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette in Massachusetts. Support my work with a digital subscription
