5th suspect accused of shooting at an officer and her husband in south Charlotte
A fifth suspect was arrested in connection with shots fired at off-duty Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Emily Bishop and her husband during a Dec. 27 attempted robbery in south Charlotte, police said Thursday.
Bishop fired her CMPD-issued gun after multiple people approached the couple in a south Charlotte parking lot just after midnight and tried to rob her husband at gunpoint, according to a CMPD news release. At least one of them “returned fire before fleeing,” police said in the release.
Bishop and her husband were not hurt. A 17-year-old juvenile suspect was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
After his release from the hospital, police said, the juvenile was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill on a law enforcement officer, attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
The incident occurred in the 7900 block of Waterford Tide Loop, off Johnston Road and Pineville-Matthews Road.
Working with the State Bureau of Investigation, police on Jan. 10 said they also arrested 27-year-old Devin Clayton Jacobs, 19-year-old Edwin Herrera and a 17-year-old juvenile in connection with the case.
Each was arrested and charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, robbery with a dangerous weapon and attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. Police haven’t specified how many of the suspects they believe fired shots.
On Thursday, a fifth suspect, 22-year-old Arthur Tyrone Mitchell, was arrested on the same charges and one count of second-degree burglary.
Police haven’t specified how many of the suspects they believe fired shots.
Bishop was placed on administrative leave after the incident, which is standard procedure whenever an officer discharges his or her weapon, according to CMPD. She was hired by CMPD on June 18, 2018, and is assigned as a patrol officer in the Freedom Division, according to the department.
The SBI now leads investigations of all shootings by CMPD officers, a protocol established by Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather III.
At the end of the SBI’s investigation into the case, CMPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau will conduct a separate investigation “to ensure CMPD policies and procedures were followed during the incident,” according to the CMPD release.
This story was originally published January 16, 2020 at 6:03 PM.