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In July, authorities from the State Highway Patrol, Selma police, and Johnston and Wilson counties chased 28-year-old Garrett Brooks, of Roanoke Rapids, in a stolen jeep 40 miles to Wilson County where Brooks rammed into a deputy's car, and nearly pushed it off a bridge. During the chase, speeds topped over 100 miles an hour.
Sources also told ABC11 that Brooks turned off his headlights after the crash, and then allegedly reached for something under his seat. Deputies then fired at him. He was shot at least five times.
Sources say Brooks had a gun on him. However, there is no word if he showed it to police or shot it at them. A source said that Brooks taunted cops by giving them the middle finger.
Brooks was taken to the Wilson Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The deputies involved were identified as John Harris, with the Wilson County Sheriff's Office, and Robert Raetz, with the Johnston County Sheriff's Office.
Six weeks after the incident, the SBI is still investigating. They say it will be up to district attorney to determine if the officers involved acted appropriately.
ABC11 reached out to all the law enforcement agencies that were involved in the chase and shooting. They either declined our request for an interview or didn't call us back.
With information from Mickey Lamm/WTSB Radio
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