Security camera video shows Newton Grove police chief shoot man accused of kidnapping, rape

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>>> WRAL HAS OBTAINED NEW

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT SHOWS A

LOCAL POLICE CHIEF SHOOTING A

MAN WHO APPEARS TO REACH FOR A

WEAPON.

THIS SHOWS THE MOMENTS LEADING

UP TO THE SHOOTING AND WE'VE

POSITED RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOTS

ARE FIRED.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M

DEBRA MORGAN.

>> GREG WARREN HAD RESPONDED TO

THE CALL ABOUT A POSSIBLE AND

KIDNAPPING WHEN HE CONFRONTED

THE SUBJECT YESTERDAY.

WRAL'S BRYAN MIMS VIEWED ALL OF

THE VIDEO AND JOINS US LIVE

FROM SAMPSON COUNTY TO GIVE ALL

OF THIS CONTEXT.

>> Reporter: IT ALL BEGAN WITH

A 911 CALL AT A DOLLAR GENERAL

STORE JUST ACROSS THE TRAFFIC

CIRCLE FROM WHERE I'M STANDING.

THE SUSPECT ENDED UP HERE AT

SAMS CIRCLE MART WHERE HE HAD

THAT ENCOUNTER WITH THE POLICE

CHIEF.

A THREE-MINUTE SURVEILLANCE

VIDEO FROM THE STORE SHOWS THE

WHOLE THING.

THE BEFORE-AND-AFTER.

BUT A HEADS UP, SOME OF THE

IMAGES IN THIS VIDEO MAY BE

DISTURBING.

THAT IS HIM, THE SUSPECT

STANDING AND WALKING OUT OF THE

STORE.

THE TWO TALK FACE-TO-FACE AS

THE SUSPECT TRIES TO WAIVE

SOMEONE OVER FROM AN ADJACENT

PARKING LOT.

FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, THEY TALK,

UNEVENTFULLY.

THEN, THE SCUFFLE.

THE SUSPECT POSED SOMETHING

FROM HIS SIDE, THREE SECONDS

LATER, CHIEF WARREN FIRED HIS

GUN.

AS THE SUSPECT IS GOT DOWN, THE

OFFICER PICKS UP WHAT LOOKS TO

BE A GROUND GUN FROM THE GROUND

AND HOLDS IT IN HIS LEFT HAND,

THE SERVICE REVOLVER IN HIS

RIGHT.

BY NOW A WOMAN HAS RUNOVER FROM

THE PARKING LOT.

IS UNCLEAR WHAT HER

RELATIONSHIP IS TO THE SUSPECT.

IN THE INITIAL MINIMUM CALL

SOMEONE REPORTED THAT AN ARMED

MAN HAD A WOMAN AND WAS HOLDING

HER AGAINST HER WILL.

THE ALLEGATIONS FOLLOWED BY

THIS OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING

CAME AS A SHOCK TO THIS TOWN OF

ABOUT 550 PEOPLE.

NOBODY FROM THE CIRCLE MART

WOULD DO INTERVIEWS BUT

FRANCISCO BONITOS RUNS A SMALL

DINER CALLED MUNCHIES NEXT-

DOOR.

>> BASICALLY HERE WE ALL LOOK

OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND WHEN

SOMETHING HAPPENS WE CALL EACH

OTHER TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS

OKAY.

>> Reporter: CHIEF WARREN IS

ONLY ONE OF TWO OFFICERS IN

TOWN.

HE'S ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE

WHILE THEY ARE INVESTIGATING.

SHERIFF JIMMY THORNE SAYS

DETECTIVES ARE DOING INTERVIEWS

AND REVIEWING EVIDENCE THAT HE

OFFERED NO DETAILS.

THE SHERIFF REFERRED ALL

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUSPECTS

IDENTITY TO THE STATE BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATIONS, THE AGENCY HAS

NOT YET RELEASED THE MAN'S

NAME.

NEWMAN GROVE WAS SUCH A SMALL

POLICE SOURCE RELY ON THE