CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The District Attorney’s Office says the officers involved in a shooting that killed a man in west Charlotte were justified.
Germonta Wallace was shot and killed on January 3rd after officers with CMPD’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team attempted to serve warrants on him for murder, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, kidnapping and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
A news release states that Wallace was shot 25 times by eight different officers after he reportedly shot a CMPD officer in the ankle while trying to flee the area.
VCAT detectives were at a home on Watson Drive in an attempt to take Wallace into custody.
Police say Wallace came out of a home and started firing a weapon at officers. Officers returned fire, killing Wallace.
Multiple officers said Wallace continued to fire at them even after he fell to the ground from being shot.
The officer Wallace is accused of shooting has recovered from her injuries.
The District Attorney’s Office says each officer was lawfully justified in shooting at Wallace until he was no longer a threat.
District Attorney Andrew Murray said VCAT detectives do not wear body cameras. He also said the officers who were wearing cameras did not have their cameras activated during the gun battle.
The investigation determined that Wallace fired five shots from a weapon at officers, according to a news release.
No one else was injured in the gun battle. Murray said another man, Marquez Springs-Owens, who was with Wallace just before the shooting with police occurred, was taken into custody and charged with murder. That charge stemmed from the December 30th incident and was the reason police were searching for Wallace.
