ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — An Asheville police officer was injured and a suspect was killed following an officer-involved shooting Tuesday night on Hendersonville Road, authorities said.
Officers with the Asheville Police Department responded around 9:45 p.m. April 21 to a report of a person with a gun at a business in the 1900 block of Hendersonville Road.
According to police, officers approached the entrance when the suspect fired at them through a glass door. Officers returned fire, striking the suspect.
After the scene was secured, the suspect was taken to a local hospital for treatment, where he later died April 22, police said.
One officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries from broken glass caused by the gunfire.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has been notified and will conduct an independent investigation in accordance with department protocol.
No additional details have been released.