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NEWTON, N.C. — No criminal charges will be filed against two Newton Police Department officers and a Catawba County sheriff’s deputy who returned fire shooting a man.
Newton police shot Keon Jemez Leach who fired at officers on July 8. Police said they received a 911 hang-up call from the Catawba Pines apartments on East First Street just after 11:30 p.m.
They got there and Leach shot at them. The officers returned fire, striking the suspect.
He was released from a hospital Wednesday and taken to the Catawba County jail.
Leach is expected in court on Thursday.
He faces eight felony charges for assault with a deadly weapon and assault on law enforcement.
No officers were hurt.
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