Winston-Salem police say missing woman found dead; Suspect shot by deputies dies from injuries Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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LATE-BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS FORSYTH COUNTY. A SHOOTING INVOLVING A DEPUTY IS NOW LINKED TO A SEPARATE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. THE MAN SHOT BY DEPUTIES TODAY HAS DIED, AND WE NOW KNOW A WOMAN REPORTED MISSING IS DEAD. OUR BRANDON BATES HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US ALL DAY LONG. HE IS IN CLEMMONS TONIGHT BREAKING DOWN A PRETTY COMPLEX CASE. BRANDON: THIS IS WHERE THAT DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING IN CLEMMONS STARTED. FLASHING LIGHTS AND CRIME SCENE TAPE TOOK OVER LEWISVILLE-CLEMMONS ROAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A PURSUIT LEADS TO A DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING. >> THAT WAS LIKE THE SCARIEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE. BRANDON: ONLOOKERS IN SHOCK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. >> WE JUST WITNESSED A HIGH-SPEED POLICE CHASE THAT ENDED IN A SHOOTOUT. REPORTER: DEPUTIES TRIED TO STOP THE DRIVER OF THIS DODGE RAM, THAT BELONGS TO 45-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER MOCK OF WINSTON-SALEM, AS HE WAS A PERSON OF INTEREST THE DISAPPEARANCE CASE OF HIS GIRLFRIEND, TONI RENEE HANDY, ACCORDING TO HER FAMILY. >> ARE DEPUTIES ATTEMPTED. THE DRIVER REFUSED TO STOP SO PURSUIT ENSUED. >> WE HEARD THE CAR COMING. HE PULLED OUT FROM THE SIDE STREET NEXT TO THE NAIL SALON. HE DID A CIRCLE IN THE PARKING LOT WITH A BUNCH OF COPS FOLLOWING HI HE JUMPED THE CURB GOING 45, 50. REPORTER: MOCK EVENTUALLY CRASHED THE TRUCK AND DEPUTIES BEGAN TO FIRE AT HIM WHILE HE WAS IN THE TRUCK. DEPUTIES LATER RECOVERED A GUN FROM THE SCENE. WE AREN’T SURE IF MOCK SHOWED THE GUN OR SHOT IT. >> I DIDN’T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE CLOSE. I WANTED TO BE OUT OF THE DRIVE THROUGH AND AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE. REPORTER: DEPUTIES TOOK MOCK INTO CUSTODY TRANSPORTED HIM TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. >> IT IS NO SMALL MATTER TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE SOMEBODIES LIFE. REPORTER: WITH TONI HANDY STILL MISSING, INVESTIGATORS WENT TO HER HOUSE TO FIND HER DEAD IN HER HOME. HER DEATH IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A HOMICIDE. WE ARE TOLD FIVE OTHER INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CHASE, ONE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. WE DON’T KNOW THEIR CONDITION TONIGHT. REPORTING LIVE

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