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April 17, 2014
One person is dead and two officers are injured after a late night shooting in New Bern on Friday.
New Bern Police Chief Toussaint E. Summers, Jr. says officer Alexander Thalmann stopped the suspect, Bryan Stallings, to question him around 11:45 Friday in the area of Craven Terrace. Police say Stallings bolted and Thalmann called for back up and pursued the suspect. Police say that is when shots were fired between the officer and the suspect.
Witnesses tell 9 On Your Side that Thalmann was shot in the face during the gun fire exchange. The back up officer, Justin Wester arrived shortly after to pursue Stallings. Stallings then fired at Wester hitting him in the leg. Officer Wester shot and hit Stallings several times, killing him.
Officer Wester and Officer Thalmann were transported to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
Officer Wester was treated and released. Officer Thalmann remains in the hospital, his condition has yet to be released.
Chief Summers says Officer Wester is 23-years-old and has been with the department since November 2012. He says Officer Thalmann is 22-years-old and has been with the department since August 2013.
The State Bureau of Investigations and detectives with the New Bern Police Department are following leads in this investigation.
District Attorney Scott Thomas released a statement saying it is standard procedure for the State Bureau of Investigations to investigate all shootings involving law enforcement officers.
The investigation is estimated to take about two weeks and will determine whether or not the shooting was justified. D.A. Thomas says all initial indications are that the shooting was justified and the officers acted properly.
