Yancey County Sheriff's: Suspect Dead After Chase

Yancey County -- Wednesday December 15, 2021 Yancey County Sheriff's Office announced on a chase on Facebook

in which a Trooper was shot and the suspect dead.

On Tuesday, the sheriff's office provided information about the chase and shooting of Trooper Kevin E. Glen, now 

hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. 

The incident happened at about 4:35 pm yesterday.

Read Facebook Post Below:

***SUSPECT DEAD AFTER CHASE IN YANCEY COUNTY***

On December 14th, 2021 Yancey County Sheriff’s Office received a call for assistance from a Mitchell County deputy involved in a vehicle chase that was entering our county and the subject had fired shots at the officer. North Carolina Highway Patrol and Yancey County officers responded to the call for assistance in the Newdale area of Yancey County.

According to NCSHP, during the chase Trooper Kevin E. Glenn was shot while attempting to deploy a tire deflation device near the area of US Highway 19E and Newdale Church Road. The vehicle then turned and was headed east on US Highway 19E back toward Mitchell County, when he was involved in a one vehicle accident near the intersection to Boxwood Road and US Highway 19E.

According to NCDPS, Trooper Glenn was transported to the hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries.
Suspect shot at officers multiple times, Yancey County Deputies returned fire. The suspect was pronounced dead at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital.
No further information is available, the investigation into the incident is ongoing at this time.

Wnctimes by Marjorie Farrington