"Off-Duty Greensboro Sergeant Fatally Shot Confronting Suspects at Gas Station"

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"Off-Duty Greensboro Sergeant Fatally Shot Confronting Suspects at Gas Station"
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An off-duty Greensboro police sergeant was fatally shot while attempting to stop a crime at a local Sheetz gas station. Despite efforts by another off-duty officer and a paramedic to save him, the sergeant, a 22-year veteran of the force, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. A Blue Alert was issued and later canceled for the suspects, described as two black men in their early 20s, last seen driving a Black Chevrolet Equinox. State officials, including Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein, have expressed their condolences and offered support to apprehend the suspects responsible for this "senseless act of violence."

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