UPDATE:Β The officers involved in the fatal shooting are Sergeant Jason Wagner and Officer Mike Painter. Sergeant Wagner has been a Maiden Police officer for 12Β years and Officer Painter for 14 years.
MAIDEN, NC — One person is dead after police were forced to open fire when he lunged at them with a knife.
Maiden Police responded to a 911 call at 601 Old Park Road around 8pm Thursday evening. It was reported that a man was barricaded inside a home, cutting himself with a knife.
When the two officers arrived they found 35-year-old Alijah Jackson in a downstairs bathroom, covered in blood, and holding a knife. When ordered to drop it, police say Jackson lunged at them attempting to stab and cut them.
Officers fired shots at Jackson before he fell to the floor. Catawba County EMS pronounced Jackson dead on the scene.
The two Maiden Police officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave while the NC State Bureau of Investigation conducts their investigation.
