21-year-old Fort Liberty soldier killed at North Carolina car wash, deputies say (2024)

THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. BREAKING NEWS IS FIRST AT 4:00. THE NOW FORMER HR DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE IS OFF THE JOB TONIGHT AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMING THIS AFTERNOON HARLAN FRYE WAS ARRESTED IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, THIS MONTH, ACCORDING TO LONG BEACH POLICE, HE TRIED TO MEET SOMEONE HE THOUGHT WAS A MINOR ONLINE FOR, QUOTE, LEWD PURPOSES. THE PERSON PRETENDING TO BE THE MINOR REPORTED HIM TO POLICE. HARLAN, WHO LIVES IN GREENSBORO, IS NOW FACING CHARGES THERE. IN CALIFORNIA, THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SAYS HIS EMPLOYMENT ENDED ONE DAY AFTER HIS ARREST, AND THEY DID NOT SAY IF HE WAS FIRED OR IF HE RESIGNED. HARLAN HELD THAT POST SINCE APRIL OF 2022. WE NOW KNOW WHAT LED TO A STANDOFF AT A VINEYARD IN DAVIDSON COUNTY YESTERDAY. THAT ENDED WITH A MAN DEAD. DEPUTIES BELIEVE HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. SHERIFF RICHIE SIMMONS SAYS THE SITUATION STARTED WITH A CALL FROM A WOMAN ABOUT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION. JOSHUA DAVIS IS FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US AND HAS MORE. WE TRIED FOR A PEACEFUL SOLUTION, BUT IT JUST WASN’T TO BE. DAVIDSON COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY LATE MONDAY EVENING THEY ARRIVED AT THE GRAPE ESCAPE VINEYARD ON BETHESDA ROAD. SHERIFF RICHIE SIMMONS SAYS ONE OF THE OWNERS, NEIL THOMAS, SHOT AT DEPUTIES AND DEPUTIES FIRED BACK, SHOOTING HIM IN THE HAND. HE RETREATED BACK INTO THE HOME, CAUSING A A STANDOFF SITUATION FOR FOR A WHILE, UM, WE DIDN’T KNOW THIS. THE CONDITION THAT HE WAS IN, BUT WE DID HEAR SOME SHOTS BEING FIRED WITHIN THE HOME. STEELE THOMAS WIFE, WHO INITIALLY CALLED 911 ABOUT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION, WAS ABLE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. DEPUTIES GAVE COMMANDS TO THOMAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, EVENTUALLY SENDING IN THE SHERIFF’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. WE SAW THE SUSPECT, UH, HAD SHOT HIMSELF INSIDE THE HOME. HE HAD ALSO SHOT FOUR DOGS THAT BELONGED THERE. FOUR GREAT DANES THAT WERE WERE DEAD. ALSO IN THE RESIDENCE. NO DEPUTIES WERE INJURED DURING THE RESPONSE. SHERIFF SIMMONS SAYS THEY TRIED THEIR BEST FOR A PEACEFUL SOLUTION. WE JUST WE RAN IT, UH, THE BEST WAY WE KNEW HOW, TRYING TO GET A BETTER OUTCOME THAN WE DID. BUT BUT STILL, UH, ALL OUR DEPUTIES WALKED AWAY UNHARMED, AND THE VICTIM DID AS WELL. AND HE HAS A MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE’S MORE OF THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT. REACH OUT FOR FOR REAL HELP. WE CAN HELP IN THAT WAY. BUT. BUT DON’T END IT LIKE THIS. THAT WAS JOSHUA DAVIS REPORTING THE GRAPE ESCAPE VINEYARD, SHARED A STATEMENT TODAY ASKING FOR PRIVACY DURING THIS TOUGH TIME. THE SBI IS INVESTIGATING TO REVIEW THE ACTIONS OF THOSE DEPUTIES. DURING THAT STANDOFF, DEPUTIES INVOLVED ARE NOW ON LEAVE. ALTHOUGH SHERIFF SIMMONS DID NOT SAY HOW MANY. THE SHOOTER WHO KILLED FIVE PEOPLE AT AN LGBTQ COLORADO NIGHTCLUB HAS PLED GUILTY TO 50 FEDERAL HATE CRIMES. ANDERSON LEE ALDRICH IS ALREADY SERVING LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE ATTACK AFTER PLEADING GUILTY LAST YEAR TO STATE CHARGES. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE FOCUSED ON PROVING THE ATTACK AT CLUB Q WAS PREMEDITATED AND FUELED BY BIAS. THE FEDERAL PLEA DEAL ALLOWS FOR ALDRICH TO AVOID THE DEATH PENALTY. 19 OTHERS WERE INJURED IN THAT 2022 ATTACK IN HIGH POINT. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN AFTER AN ASSAULT AND A BARRICADE. OFFICERS TOOK WILLIAM SYKES INTO CUSTODY SUNDAY, THREE HOURS AFTER HE BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A HOME ON BRENTWOOD STREET. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THAT HOME AFTER A WOMAN TOLD POLICE THAT SYKES THREATENED HER WITH A GUN. THEY SAY A FEW HOURS BEFORE THAT, HE ASSAULTED HER AND DAMAGED HER CAR. OFFICERS SAY SYKES IS A CONVICTED FELON WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT LAST YEAR FOR PEOPLE ARE CHARGED, ACCUSED OF ROBBING MULTIPLE POSTAL EMPLOYEES IN GREENSBORO AND CHARLOTTE. GREENSBORO POLICE SAY OFFICERS TOOK JASON HARRINGTON, TY JUAN CROSS, SHAWN CLARK AND DEONTE OVERBY INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP AND A SHORT CHASE. THE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF ROBBING TWO POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES IN GREENSBORO YESTERDAY, ONE HAPPENING AT GLENWOOD AVENUE AND HAYWOOD STREET. OFFICERS SAY NONE OF THE VICTIMS WERE INJURED. AND WE’RE TOLD ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, JASON HARRINGTON, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF DURING THE CHASE.