State Police Col. Steven O’Donnell says Fenner was injured during Saturday’s shootout with 38-year-old Shelby police Officer Tim Brackeen in the North Carolina city.
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Fenner is accused of fatally shooting 38-year-old Tim Brackeen, a K-9 officer with the Shelby Police Department.
Fenner is the sister of the suspected shooter and it is believed “that the brother stayed at her house” while on the run, a source said.
Brackeen was attempting to serve that warrant in the area of Parkview Street of Shelby when Fenner allegedly shot him. Brakeen died of his injuries Monday and Irving was suffering from a bullet wound to the abdomen when he was apprehended, according to investigators. A struggle broke out between Fenner and Officer Timothy Brackeen, and the two exchanged gunfire.
Authorities arrested the man accused of killing a Shelby, North Carolina police officer early Wednesday morning in Rhode Island. Cops there raided a home Tuesday evening – but Fenner was nowhere to be found.
‘It took a while for him to come out, and when he did he was in pretty bad shape, ‘ Philbin said.
A wounded fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina has been arraigned after being captured in Rhode Island. Both were being questioned late Tuesday. Fenner was taken to a local hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound related to Saturday’s incident.
According to Officer Brackeen’s pastor, a memorial service will be held Wednesday night at 7 p.m.at Bethel Baptist Church, along South Dekalb Street in Shelby.
The Shelby community took to Facebook after news of the veteran officer’s death broke. Keller said the neighbor spotted an officer in the parking lot and that they asked Hamrick to pick all three up so they could “avoid trouble”. You and your mother were the last thoughts in his mind.
State police say they tracked Fenner to an apartment in Coventry, where he surrendered peacefully early Wednesday.
Fenner was charged with attempted murder in connection with Brackeen’s shooting.
“It’s been a long period of time where the detectives and the Federal Bureau of Investigation agents all cultivating information, pretty good police work tracking him here”, said Rhode Island State Police Col. Steven O’Donnell.
“They wanted to know if Ive seen here”, he said.
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The officer leaves behind wife Mikel, 39, and daughter Daphne.
