MOORESVILLE, N.C. — One person is in custody after an officer-involved shooting near a fire station in Mooresville.
Mooresville Police received a report of a suspicious vehicle outside Fire Station No. 3 on Shearers Road around 11 p.m. Sunday. When Officer Sheldon arrived at the scene, he encountered two vehicles with multiple people in them in the parking lot of the fire station. Around that same time, shots were fired, and the suspect was taken into custody.
A U-Haul van at the scene had several bullet holes in the driver's side. No one was hurt during the incident, according to Mooresville Police. It is unclear if the bullet holes in the vehicle were from the officer or the suspect.
The driver, 27-year-old Jeffrey Daniel Stewart of Burlington, N.C., was charged with resist, delay, and obstruct an officer, reckless driving to endanger, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Stewart was taken to the Iredell County Jail and held on a $100,000 bond.
Officer Sheldon was placed on administrative leave per departmental policy pending further investigation.
The State Bureau of Investigation was investigating the incident.
