Teen in parked car shot by NC cops after pulling gun outside of a government building
A Greensboro Police officer shot a teenager late Friday who “retrieved a firearm” after police said he refused their commands to leave a car in a parking lot at 201 W. Market St., according to a police news release.
The address matches that of the Guilford County Register of Deeds office, located in the city’s downtown, public records show.
Officers on routine patrol approached a “suspicious vehicle” just after 11 p.m. and began investigating what Saturday’s police news release said was an alcohol violation.
“After the passenger refused numerous commands to exit the vehicle, the passenger retrieved a firearm. One officer fired their weapon, striking the subject,” according to the release.
The passenger was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Late Saturday, police identified the person who was shot as 18-year-old Johnmaine Lamont Rogers.
Rogers was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, resisting, delaying and obstructing an officer, having an open container of alcohol and possession of marijuana, police said in an updated news release.
The department’s criminal investigations division is conducting a criminal investigation into the incident, police said.
An internal investigation by the department’s professional standards division will determine if department policies were followed, according to the release.
Per department policy, the officer was placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the inquiries, police said.
Police haven’t named the officer or the person he shot. Police also didn’t specify the type of alcohol violation involved in the case.
This story was originally published November 5, 2022 at 12:56 PM.