CORNELIUS, NC – Cornelius Police have named the suspect accused of shooting a Police Lieutenant Saturday morning.
Investigators say 16-year-old Grayson Ferrell shot Lt. James Quattlebalm in the stomach.
“He was ranting and raving, yelling at the officers, cursing at them, all kinds of stuff,” says next door neighbor John Roeder.
Police responded to a domestic dispute on Coachman’s Trace Drive around 11:45 Saturday morning. Neighbors say they had been hearing arguments between several family members since Friday afternoon.
They say things boiled over Saturday morning when Ferrell confronted police. “Oh, he’s punching, yelling, screaming, talking about drugs, all kinds of stuff,” Roeder says.
Neighbors say they then heard four or five shots. According to police, Lieutenant Quattlebalm was stilll alert and conscious after the shooting and is expected to recover.
Ferrell’s friend Matthew Aron said the boy had been having family issues. “I know he was going through some, like things, but everyone does, I never thought it would result in this,” Aron says.
