Deputies shoot, kill armed suspect in Concord, sheriff says

CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. — An armed suspect who had multiple active felony warrants was shot and killed by deputies with the Special Response Team in Concord Wednesday, the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office said.

Sheriff’s deputies went to a home on Odell School Road near Poplar Tent Road around 5 p.m. to serve felony warrants.

Due to the nature of the warrants, the sheriff’s office’s Special Response Team was called in. It’s a unit made up of officers highly trained to respond to high-risk situations.

Deputies approached the suspect, who pointed a firearm at them. That was when they shot the suspect, who died at the scene.

The suspect, who was identified Thursday as Andrew James Marlow, 34, had felony warrants out for two counts of possession of a stolen firearm, two counts of larceny of a firearm, three counts of felony breaking and/or entering, larceny of a motor vehicle, and obtain property of false pretenses.

A neighbor said he heard about 15 to 20 gunshots.

“It was quick,” said the neighbor, who didn’t want to be identified. “They had come in. They had the drone flying overhead. A little surreal in the moment, but it’s unfortunate.”

“Any loss of life is tragic, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, and everyone involved,” Sheriff Van W. Shaw said in a news release.

The State Bureau of Investigation is leading the case.

The deputies involved were put on administrative leave, which is standard protocol. The sheriff’s office is also conducting a separate internal investigation.

This is the second time law enforcement have shot a person in Concord this month. 50-year-old Mark Smith was shot by Concord police at the Locke Mill Plaza last week. He allegedly fired a shotgun in an apartment there and then pointed the gun at police before he was shot.

Smith survived and is now facing several charges.

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