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| Police: Two W.Va. officers injured after shootout with father and son carrying dead bodies in a stolen truck | Police: Two W.Va. officers injured after shootout with father and son carrying dead bodies in a stolen truck |
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| A New Year’s day traffic stop in West Virginia turned into a violent shootout between officers and a father-son pair — one of whom was carrying the dead bodies of a North Carolina couple in the back of his truck, police say. | A New Year’s day traffic stop in West Virginia turned into a violent shootout between officers and a father-son pair — one of whom was carrying the dead bodies of a North Carolina couple in the back of his truck, police say. |
| The chaos unfolded on a wooded stretch of highway outside Lewisburg on Thursday at around 4 p.m. Two police officers pulled over a white Chevrolet SUV with North Carolina license plates that indicated the vehicle had been stolen. | The chaos unfolded on a wooded stretch of highway outside Lewisburg on Thursday at around 4 p.m. Two police officers pulled over a white Chevrolet SUV with North Carolina license plates that indicated the vehicle had been stolen. |
| Minutes later, another vehicle, a red Chevrolet truck, pulled up. A man, who police identified on Friday as 54-year-old Edward Campbell, opened fire. The two officers were injured but were able to return fire, shooting the suspect in the leg, according to police. | Minutes later, another vehicle, a red Chevrolet truck, pulled up. A man, who police identified on Friday as 54-year-old Edward Campbell, opened fire. The two officers were injured but were able to return fire, shooting the suspect in the leg, according to police. |
| Campbell fled the scene, driving the red truck behind the guardrail to hide, police say. He later turned himself in on the side of the highway without further incident. Police say his son, 21-year-old Eric Campbell, who was driving the white SUV, also fled the scene but was detained by officers a short time later. | Campbell fled the scene, driving the red truck behind the guardrail to hide, police say. He later turned himself in on the side of the highway without further incident. Police say his son, 21-year-old Eric Campbell, who was driving the white SUV, also fled the scene but was detained by officers a short time later. |
| When police searched the red truck, they made a gruesome discovery: Two dead bodies lay in the back of the truck, under a mattress. | When police searched the red truck, they made a gruesome discovery: Two dead bodies lay in the back of the truck, under a mattress. |
| Earlier that morning, the father and son apparently burst into the home of an elderly couple in Oak Hill, N.C., set their house on fire and then stole their white SUV, Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins Jr. told WRAL. | Earlier that morning, the father and son apparently burst into the home of an elderly couple in Oak Hill, N.C., set their house on fire and then stole their white SUV, Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins Jr. told WRAL. |
| The bodies discovered by West Virginia police were those of Jerome Faulkner, 73, and his wife Dora, 62. Police aren’t sure whether they were killed in their Oak Hill home or some time later. | The bodies discovered by West Virginia police were those of Jerome Faulkner, 73, and his wife Dora, 62. Police aren’t sure whether they were killed in their Oak Hill home or some time later. |
| West Virginia State Police Lt. Michael Baylous said the last known address for the Campbells was in Texas. Wilkins, the sheriff, said the red truck might have been stolen in Texas, according to WRAL. | West Virginia State Police Lt. Michael Baylous said the last known address for the Campbells was in Texas. Wilkins, the sheriff, said the red truck might have been stolen in Texas, according to WRAL. |
| “We believe that if West Virginia police would not have stopped this, this crime spree would have carried on,” Wilkins told WRAL. “It’s something you see in the movies. It’s unreal.” | “We believe that if West Virginia police would not have stopped this, this crime spree would have carried on,” Wilkins told WRAL. “It’s something you see in the movies. It’s unreal.” |
| Wilkins, along with two North Carolina investigators, will head to West Virginia on Friday to assist in the investigation. Lewisburg Police Chief Tim Stover said in an interview with the Post that at least one of the two men have given statements to the police and said that they were attempting to drive to Canada. | |
| Stover also told told MetroNews, a West Virginia radio station, that the two wounded officers, Jeromy Dove and Nicholas Sams, are in good condition in the hospital. | |
| “Their spirits are high,” Stover told the station. According to MetroNews, Dover is a veteran officer and Sams graduated from the State Police Academy on Dec. 19. | “Their spirits are high,” Stover told the station. According to MetroNews, Dover is a veteran officer and Sams graduated from the State Police Academy on Dec. 19. |
| Edward Campbell, the suspect who was shot in the leg by police, will be arrested upon his release from the hospital. Both he and his son will be charged with malicious assault and attempted murder of a police officer. | Edward Campbell, the suspect who was shot in the leg by police, will be arrested upon his release from the hospital. Both he and his son will be charged with malicious assault and attempted murder of a police officer. |
| Press conference is being held at 11 am on the shootings of two Lewisburg Police Officers. Stay with @WVNS59News pic.twitter.com/dYSMosOYIE — Meghan Carr (@Meghan59News) January 2, 2015 | Press conference is being held at 11 am on the shootings of two Lewisburg Police Officers. Stay with @WVNS59News pic.twitter.com/dYSMosOYIE — Meghan Carr (@Meghan59News) January 2, 2015 |
| Press conference is being held at 11 am on the shootings of two Lewisburg Police Officers. Stay with @WVNS59News pic.twitter.com/dYSMosOYIE | Press conference is being held at 11 am on the shootings of two Lewisburg Police Officers. Stay with @WVNS59News pic.twitter.com/dYSMosOYIE |
| — Meghan Carr (@Meghan59News) January 2, 2015 | — Meghan Carr (@Meghan59News) January 2, 2015 |
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