News Roundup

The Durham Herald-Sun reports that the Durham District Attorney’s Office dismissed a murder charge against Alexander Bishop, a Durham teenager who was accused of killing his father in 2018.  The dismissal, based on insufficient evidence, follows a trial court ruling last year that search warrants in the case were invalid because an investigator misrepresented evidence when applying for them.  Keep reading for more news. Bishop.  Alexander Bishop reported his father William’s death to 911 in April 2018, indicating that it appeared that a family dog had tangled its leash around his father’s neck.  He was charged with murder in early 2019.  Bishop’s attorney said in a press release following the dismissal that William Bishop “appears to have died after a tragic cardiac event during or after which the dog got his leash wrapped around [his] neck.” Officer Involved Shooting.  WRAL reports that preliminary findings from the Raleigh Police Department indicate that a man who was shot and killed by an officer last week pointed a handgun-style BB gun at the officer prior to being shot.  Police were notified that a person near a Big Lots store in a shopping center off of Glenwood Avenue had dropped a gun on the sidewalk and was acting suspiciously.  Soon thereafter, Senior Officer W.B. Tapscott arrived and encountered Keith Dutree Collins who fled from Tapscott before pointing the BB gun at him, prompting Tapscott to open fire. The WRAL report says that people who have seen the body cam footage of the incident, which was [...]