Woman captured in Johnson County after officer dragged by car, shot while trying to make arrest
HOGAN AND I'M KEELEY ARTHUR IN
FOR RENEE CHOU. THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
>> THIS ALL STARTED AT 9.45
LAST NIGHT WHEN THE OFFICER
NOTICED THE WOMAN AT A PARK AND
THAT'S WHEN THINGS TOOK AN
UNEXPECTED TURN. WRAL'S HEALTHY
DONOVAN IS LIVE IN ZEBULON WITH
WHAT SHE'S LEARNED ABOUT THE
WOMAN AND THE OFFICER'S
CONDITION. CHELSEA.
>> HEALY, YOU CAN SEE REMNANTS
OF WHERE THIS ALL TOOK PLACE
LAST NIGHT AS THAT VIOLENT
COMMUNITY PARK. I'M GOING TO
STEP ASIDE SO YOU CAN SEE THE
PIECE OF THAT LEXUS HERE.
STILL ON THE GROUND IN THE PARK
AS WELL AS THOSE MANGLED
BUSH'S. THIS IS ALL WE'RE
OFFICER COLBY JAMES, WITH THE
ZEBULON POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS
DRAGGED BY A CAR LATE LAST
NIGHT. NOW AROUND 9.45. JAMES
STOP. 51 YEAR-OLD DESERET AND
BYRON FOR TRESPASSING. AFTER
HOURS HERE AT THE PARK, BYRON
HAD A WARRANT FROM RANDOLPH
COUNTY FOR FLEEING ARREST,
RECKLESS DRIVING AND OTHER
CHARGES. SO JAMES ATTEMPTED TO
TAKE HER INTO CUSTODY. HE ASKED
HER TO GET OUT OF THE CAR, BUT
SHE HIT THE GAS AND THE LEXUS
SHE WAS IN DRAGGING OFFICER
JAMES THROUGH THE WOODEN
PLAYGROUND AND PINNING HIM IN
THE DOOR. JAMB NOW OFFICER
JAMES THAT DREW HIS GUN WHILE
BEING DRAGGED IN ACCIDENTLY
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE ARM.
BYRON FLED THE SCENE AND SHE
WAS LATER CAPTURED IN JOHNSTON
COUNTY BY HIGHWAY PATROL.
TAKE A LISTEN TO SOME OF THAT
SCANNER TRAFFIC FROM LAST
NIGHT.
>> WELL, I KNOW 30 YEARS OF
AGE OR DOES ONE LEFT ON A
>> NOW, JAMES HAS BEEN ON THE
FORCE HERE IN ZEBULON FOR A
LITTLE OVER A YEAR. HE WAS
TAKEN TO WAKE MED WITH THOSE
INJURIES, BUT HE WAS RELEASED
THIS MORNING. NOW, AS FAR AS
BYROM SHE FACES A LONG LIST
OF CHARGES. SHE'S CURRENTLY IN
THE WAKE COUNTY DETENTION
CENTER UNDER A $55,000 BOND.
SHE SET TO MAKE A COURT
APPEARANCE THIS AFTERNOON AT
02:00PM WILL BE THERE AND BRING
YOU LIVE UPDATES STARTING AT
04:00PM. I KNOW YOU WILL.