Live Updates: Greensboro police officer killed in shooting at Food Lion on Lawndale Drive

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro constabulary serviceman has died aft a shooting that took spot astatine a Food Lion successful Greensboro connected Monday, according to the Greensboro Police Department.

At 10:45 a.m., Greensboro constabulary accidental they got a study astir a imaginable idiosyncratic with a handgun wrong the Food Lion connected the 4700 artifact of Lawndale Drive. At astir 11 a.m., shots were fired successful the store, sidesplitting Horan.

A small aft 1 p.m., the fishy was located successful Johnston County driving a vehicle, according to the State Bureau of Investigation.

Deputies with the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office began a pursuit and were joined by deputies from the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office erstwhile helium entered Sutton Town until the North Carolina State Highway Patrol took implicit and initiated a PIT maneuver.

The conveyance was stopped connected I-40 adjacent mile marker 360 astatine the Duplin County line, and the fishy was taken into custody without incident. Charges are pending

Greensboro City Councilmember Zack Matheny was the archetypal to corroborate to FOX8 that determination was a shooting. Police accidental the shooting took spot wrong the Food Lion.

In a connection connected societal media, Gov. Roy Cooper said, "I americium successful interaction with section and authorities instrumentality enforcement regarding the shooting involving a Greensboro Police Officer. We person sent important authorities instrumentality enforcement unit who are helping with the response."

A Food Lion spokesperson said successful a statement:

Food Lion is profoundly saddened by the calamity that occurred astatine our store located astatine 4709 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro. We explicit our deepest condolences to the officer’s household and friends.

As this is an progressive investigation, we are directing each questions to section instrumentality enforcement. Food Lion is cooperating with authorities and the store volition stay closed portion the constabulary probe continues.

We are providing resources to enactment our associates during this hard time.

About Officer Horan

Officer Michael Horan worked for Greensboro constabulary for 7 years. He was hired successful September 2017 to commencement the 103 PBIC Academy.

In 2019, Horan received a lifesaving grant for rescuing a begetter and lad from rip currents portion connected abrogation with his household successful Emerald Isle.

"Michael was sitting connected the formation portion vacationing connected Emerald Isle with his household erstwhile helium heard a antheral dependable shouting for help," according to Beach Haven Beach Patrol, of which helium was formerly a member. "Mike's grooming took implicit and helium instantly identified that not 1 but 2 victims were caught successful the deadly vice of a rip current. Michael sprang into enactment instantly and swam to the victims ... Michael brought some victims backmost to enactment wholly ignoring the tremendous information to himself. The antheral and his 12-year-old lad are [alive] contiguous owed to Mike's genuinely heroic efforts. For his heroism, Michael received the Greensboro Police Department's Medical Life Saving Award for 2018. Congratulations Mike, your girl was fortunate capable to spot however courageous her begetter truly is successful enactment and should beryllium arsenic arrogant of you arsenic we each are. Well done Mike!"

Horan besides served 18 years successful the U.S. Coast Guard, since January 2000, and was an progressive reservist.

According to GPD, portion serving with the U.S. Coast Guard, Horan conducted New York City and Washington D.C. harbor defence operations successful the days pursuing the Sept. 11 attacks. He was portion of the archetypal Coast Guard Counter-Terrorism portion successful Seattle. He has been stationed successful North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, St. Thomas US Virgin Islands, New York and New Jersey wherever helium conducted counter-terror, counter-narcotics and antagonistic quality trafficking missions.

From June 1995 to 2017, Horan served arsenic a lieutenant, lifeguard and teacher astatine the Beach Haven Beach Patrol successful Beach Haven, New Jersey. 

During the Monday quality conference, Greensboro Patrol Bureau Assistant Chief MJ Harris said, "He was a husband, a father, a son, a person and overmuch much to his family. .... He was an fantabulous officer. He had an outstanding estimation wrong the section and successful the community."

Greensboro City Manager and erstwhile Greensboro Office Trey Davis said, "In a word, we're heartbroken."

The Greensboro Police Officers Association acceptable up a Help A Hero fundraiser successful Horan's memory. All proceeds volition spell to his contiguous family.