"Officer Fatally Shot in Greensboro, Suspects Charged After Witnessed Crime"

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Source: WGHP FOX8 Greensboro
"Officer Fatally Shot in Greensboro, Suspects Charged After Witnessed Crime"
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In Greensboro, N.C., 18-year-old Jamere Justice Foster is charged with first-degree murder for the killing of an off-duty police sergeant during a confrontation at a Sheetz store. Foster, along with two accomplices, John Walter Morrison and Zquriah Lepearce Blackwell, also face charges related to larceny, conspiracy, and accessory after the fact. The sergeant, a 22-year veteran of the force, was shot after witnessing a crime and later died despite immediate aid from another off-duty officer and a paramedic. The community and officials have expressed anger and sadness over the "senseless act of violence."

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