CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- CMPD is investigating after one person was injured during an officer involved shooting Saturday morning.
According to CMPD, the incident occurred in the 3900 block of Winfield Drive. Officers did recover the injured subject's handgun at the scene.
CMPD responded to a welfare call around 8:30 a.m., upon arrival, officers were outside of the caller’s home when they heard shots being fired from inside the residence. The caller then barricaded himself inside his home.
Officers observed the armed subject at a window with a weapon. The subject then exited the home.
CMPD said officers issued several verbal commands to the subject ordering him to drop his weapon, but the subject refused to cooperate.
Officers fired their weapons after perceiving "an imminent, deadly threat." The subject was detained and was given medical attention before being transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds.
According to CMPD, a handgun was later recovered at the scene.
No officers were injured.
The male subject in this case has been identified as 29-year-old Bobby Morgan. He is being treated at an area hospital and his family has been notified.
The members of CMPD who fired weapons have been identified as Joshua Skipper, Edward Gonzalez and Derek Rud.
Skipper, a patrol officer in the Eastway Division, has been with the department since December 2005. Gonzalez, a patrol officer in the Eastway Division, has been with the department since March 2003. Rud, an investigator, has been with the department since July 2005.
The Internal Affairs Bureau will conduct a separate but parallel investigation to determine whether CMPD polices were adhered to, as is standard procedure after officer-involved shootings.
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