Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Charlotte, NC: Man wanted for murder killed

A man believed to be a suspect in his girlfriend's murder Sunday night was killed in a gunfight early Monday morning in a trailer park in York county. The woman was shot lat Sunday night at 129 Midwood Lane south of Belmont. Christina McCall was found in her driveway suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Police was looking for Franklin Jamell White, McCall's boyfriend, whom they consdiered a person of interest in connection with her murder. Police reported that after the shhoting, White fled the scene and may have gone to the Rock Hill area.

Gaston County authorities reported White was in a gunfight with York County Sheriff's deputies on Drakeford Road in Lesslie SC around 11:25 Monday morning and was shot and killed. The York County Sheriff's office was asked to assist the Gaston County officers on a 'high risk arrest warrant'. York Couty SWAT officers were called to the scene to assist in the arrest before the shooting. A witness reported that she heard wha sounded like fireworks, and when she looked outside, she saw a deputy chasing someone. She then heard seven gunshots. The officers name has not been released.

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