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.
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Officers began chasing a wanted suspect after a traffic stop, police said.
During the chase, the suspect’s vehicle broke down, and police saw the suspect pull “what appeared to be” a weapon, according to WFAA. Officers then shot the suspect.
Four officers were involved in the incident; none was injured, police said.
The Texas Rangers will investigate the incident, officials said on X.
More details about the shooting were not immediately available Friday evening.
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One person was shot and injured on East Loop 820 in southeast Fort Worth on Thanksgiving evening, police say.
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One person was shot on a southeast Fort Worth highway Thanksgiving evening, police said.
Officers were called to the southbound lanes of East Loop 820 near U.S. 287 about 6:40 p.m. Two cars appeared to be chasing each other, according to police. Someone fired shots, and one of the occupants was hit in the back.
One vehicle also overturned, but it’s not clear if anyone was injured in the crash. The shooting victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Detectives from the Gun Violence Unit will investigate the incident.
Police haven’t said what led up to the chase and the shooting. No suspects have been arrested.
This story was originally published November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM.
Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez was arrested Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Charlotte by the U.S. Border Patrol.
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A federal judge on Wednesday partially dismissed charges the federal government brought against Miguel Martinez — a U.S. citizen who was arrested after documenting Border Patrol in Charlotte this month.
Martinez, 24, took photos of agents at several locations on Nov. 16, the second day they roamed the city in paramilitary gear and questioned and stopped people in public places. Border Patrol agents tried to get Martinez to engage in a “voluntary stop,” but he fled after circling agents in a parking lot, according to court documents.
A chase followed, and Martinez, who was previously convicted of resisting an officer, was charged with felony assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating or interfering with federal officers. That federal charge was enhanced when the government claimed he used a “deadly or dangerous weapon” — his car — in the alleged crime.
But video played during Martinez’s three-hour preliminary hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina showed footage from inside a car carrying four ICE agents who said they planned to “smash” into Martinez. At one point an agent said “he’s gonna get shot.”
After nearly a week of deliberating, U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler on Wednesday issued an order dismissing the enhancement charge of using a deadly weapon to impede officers. He found there was probable cause “to believe [Martinez] forcibly interfered with the CBP agents.”
Miguel Martinez’s federal charges
During the chase, both Martinez and agents drove over medians and on the wrong side of the road, video shows.
Martinez’s federal public defender argued Martinez had every right to flee. When agents tried to stop Martinez, they were infringing on his First Amendment rights to engage in “citizen journalism” and document agents in public spaces, lawyer John Parke Davis said.
Brayan Vicente Martinez, and his girlfriend Lienarani Bermudez stand outside the Home Depot on University City Boulevard where Martinez’s older brother, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez, snapped photos of masked agents and sent them to warn others. Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez mrodriguez@charlotteobserver.com
After the chase started, Martinez swerved to avoid the collision ICE agents wanted, Davis said. Federal officers eventually stopped Martinez after about two miles and charged him.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Caryn Finley told Keesler “it’s lucky nobody got hurt” as Martinez continued to flee. He could’ve “just stopped” as agents in cars with lights and sirens followed him, she said.
Keesler wrote that Martinez’s “circling of the CBP agents, the subsequent vehicular chase, and the danger posed by [his] driving” support a finding of probable cause that he interfered, but “considering … testimony and the video, the Court is not persuaded there is probable cause to support use of a deadly or dangerous weapon to interfere.”
Keesler said he respectfully acknowledged the time Davis spent arguing on the “infringement of First Amendment rights and the alleged misconduct of ICE and CBP agents.”
“At this stage, those matters are not properly before the Court; the question for the Court at this moment is probable cause. The Court makes no finding here regarding the basis for future litigation regarding Defendant’s First Amendment rights, or Defendant’s future motions practice in this criminal matter,” Keesler wrote.
Martinez’s next court date has not been set.
Martinez’s parents immigrated from Mexico, and he was “trying to protect immigrants,” so they knew where agents were, his family said of his actions.
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Two state police officers in Pennsylvania pursuing a vehicle were shot Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect who was killed, authorities said.The troopers were airlifted by a medical helicopter to WellSpan York Hospital to be treated, according to investigators. They are in critical and serious condition, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement.Officials have not yet released the names of the injured troopers. They were responding to a theft call at a sporting goods store. Several suspects had fled in a vehicle, the statement said. The troopers saw the vehicle and there was a pursuit.Spike strips stopped the vehicle. Two women came out and were taken into custody, the statement said.A man in the vehicle “began shooting at troopers, striking two of them,” the statement said. “Troopers returned fire, fatally wounding the male.”Gov. Josh Shapiro said he and his wife, Lori, were praying for the officers and asked others to join them.“Pennsylvania’s law enforcement officers are the very best of us — running towards danger every day to keep our communities safe,” Shapiro said in a post on the social platform X.The shooting took place in southern Franklin County, which is about 85 miles northwest of Baltimore.
GREENCASTLE, Pa. —
Two state police officers in Pennsylvania pursuing a vehicle were shot Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect who was killed, authorities said.
The troopers were airlifted by a medical helicopter to WellSpan York Hospital to be treated, according to investigators. They are in critical and serious condition, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement.
Officials have not yet released the names of the injured troopers.
They were responding to a theft call at a sporting goods store. Several suspects had fled in a vehicle, the statement said. The troopers saw the vehicle and there was a pursuit.
Spike strips stopped the vehicle. Two women came out and were taken into custody, the statement said.
A man in the vehicle “began shooting at troopers, striking two of them,” the statement said. “Troopers returned fire, fatally wounding the male.”
Gov. Josh Shapiro said he and his wife, Lori, were praying for the officers and asked others to join them.
“Pennsylvania’s law enforcement officers are the very best of us — running towards danger every day to keep our communities safe,” Shapiro said in a post on the social platform X.
The shooting took place in southern Franklin County, which is about 85 miles northwest of Baltimore.
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