Overview
- Mint Hill police say two officers shot during a Friday child custody exchange have been discharged from the hospital and are recovering at home.
- The suspect was identified as 36-year-old Tjamel Ali Hamlin II, who died at the scene where a firearm was recovered.
- Both officers were struck above the neck, their identities have not been released, and the reason for the 911 call remains unclear.
- Police were called to the Edible Arrangements on Matthews–Mint Hill Road around 10:47 a.m., where a male produced a gun and exchanged fire with officers.
- The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is assisting the Mint Hill Police Department as witnesses described a heavy police presence in the busy shopping center.