Man who threatened Johnston deputies is fatally shot, sheriff’s office says
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- Deputy shot a man who threatened officers with a firearm inside a Johnston County home.
- A family member reported the man was discharging firearm inside the residence.
- The SBI will lead the probe; the deputies involved are on paid leave.
A Johnston County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man inside a home late Sunday morning after authorities say the man threatened them with a gun.
The sheriff’s office has not released the man’s name. But it says he was in a home on Madden Rose Loop, just west of the Interstate 40 interchange with N.C. 42.
Deputies were called to the home at about 11:30 a.m. by a woman who said a family member was “acting strange and discharging his firearm inside the residence,” according to Jeff Caldwell, chief deputy sheriff.
Deputies confronted the man and asked him several times to put the gun down, Caldwell wrote in a statement.
“The man made remarks and challenged the deputies with the firearm,” he wrote. “A deputy was forced to defend himself and as a result, the man was shot.”
Deputies tried to keep the man alive but were unsuccessful, according to Caldwell. None of the deputies was injured.
The sheriff’s office has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to take charge of the case — standard protocol with a shooting involving a law enforcement officer. The deputies involved in the incident have been placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation is conducted, also standard practice.
This story was originally published January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM.
