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Man shot, killed in front of Winston-Salem apartment complex

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× Man shot, killed in front of Winston-Salem apartment complex WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Police are investigating after a 53-year-old man was shot and killed in front of a Winston- Salem apartment complex Sunday evening , according to a press release. At about 6:30 p.m., police responded to the 500 block of N. Martin Luther King Jr . Drive in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located Geraldnal Glenn unresponsive and lying on the ground. Glenn appeared to have been shot at least once, police say. Officers made life -saving efforts but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Additional information is limited due to the investigation being in its early stages. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Winston- Salem Police Department at (336) 773-7700 or Crime Stoppers at (336) 727-2800. 36.099860 -80.244216

Eden police shoot man accused of stabbing woman and 7-year-old child

EDEN, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say a North Carolina police officer shot and wounded a suspect fleeing the scene of a double stabbing. Eden Police Department Capt . John Edwards tells local news outlets that officers and Rockingham County sheriff 's deputies responded at 2:30 p.m. Thursday to a reported assault at an apartment complex. Officers had been told that a 44-year-old woman and a 7-year-old child had been stabbed. A man suspected in the stabbings had fled on foot. Edwards says officers found the suspect on a nearby street and that officers shot him during the confrontation. He was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The stabbing victims were treated at a local hospital . Edwards says the woman, child and stabbing suspect all survived their injuries. No other information was immediately released.