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Timeline: From crime scene to death of suspect McCollum
These pictures capture the dramatic events that unfolded in Cullowhee between 9 a.m. and noon on Tuesday, Nov. 15, when Jackson County Sheriff’s Office deputies and agents with the State Bureau of Investigation located a suspect on the run after a pre-dawn robbery/shooting that left three injured. After the suspect, identified Tuesday evening as 32-year-old Dewann Christopher McCollum of Fayetteville, was determined to be hiding at Moss Apartments in the Wayehutta area, Sheriff Jimmy Ashe called in the Sheriff’s Emergency Tactical Team, who forcibly entered the apartment and found McCollum brandishing a knife. Officers commanded McCollum to drop his knife, but he did not do so, according to the sheriff. SETT team members then fired on McCollum, who was pronounced dead at the scene.– Herald photos by Nick Breedlove
8:34 a.m. – SBI team investigates Cullowhee crime scene.
9:29 a.m. – Jackson County Sheriff’s Crime Scene Response Unit arrives at scene to assist with investigation.
9:37 a.m. – Sheriff’s Emergency Tactical Team arrives at China Dragon restaurant. Sheriff Jimmy Ashe soon directs the team to Moss Apartments near Wayehutta Road.
9:41 a.m. – SETT team members and Crime Scene Response Unit enter apartment complex.
9:52 a.m. – Loud shots are heard from Moss Apartments.
10:31 a.m. – Sheriff’s deputies seal off area around apartment where suspect Dewann McCollum was killed.
10:45 a.m. – Tactical team members pack up their gear.
11:31 a.m. – Ambulance leaves Moss Apartment with Dewann McCollum’s body.
11:32 a.m. – Pastor meets with Western Carolina University assistant basketball coach Anquell McCollum, a cousin of shooting suspect Dewann McCollum. Also pictured is Anquell McCollum’s wife, left. |
