Columbus County Sheriff responds to officer-involved shooting being ruled homicide

Columbus County Sheriff responds to officer-involved shooting being ruled homicide

WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) — Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers is responding to an officer-involved shooting that happened in May 2024. Henry Zartman was fatally shot by deputies. Rogers says they found themselves facing a life-or-death decision when Zartman allegedly had a gun. Rogers says the deputies initially deployed a Taser twice to no effect, so they had to use of lethal force. A recent autopsy ruled the death a homicide. “When a medical exa…

Sheriff Rogers Gives ‘Context’ to Medical Examiner Report – CCN – Columbus County News

Sheriff Bill Rogers addressed media reports of Henry Zartman’s autopsy report in a video released Thursday evening. Rogers said the state medical examiner’s use of the term homicide did not mean the ME determined the