CHARLOTTE — Newly released 911 calls detail the moment an officer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department was shot in the leg.
It happened Sunday morning in Uptown just outside of the Asher Apartments.
A witness said they were on the phone with 911 to report a man who was beating a woman.
Seconds later, the witness told dispatch that a CMPD officer had arrived at the scene. This is when chaos broke out.
“The dude attacked the officer. Then I just heard gunshots. And I turned around, and he was down,” the witness told 911.
Video later captured the injured officer being helped by his Brothers in Blue into a squad car. However, he is now recovering.
The suspect in this case, Demetrius Bristow, had been out on a $30,000 bond in connection with a trafficking charge in Raleigh.
He has been held in jail without bond since the shooting occurred.
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