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High Point police still sorting out clues in slaying on Friendly Avenue CRIMESTOPPERS
HIGH POINT – Differing witness accounts and multiple crime scenes are some of the factors detectives are contending with in their investigation into a shooting last month that involved five victims, according to High Point police. Joseph McClease McMannus, 31, of High Point, was killed and four others were wounded after gunfire broke out during a large gathering at 227 Friendly Ave. Aug. 22. The shooting apparently stemmed from an argument. Investigators have had regular dialogue with the surviving victims and witnesses, but no arrests had been reported as of Thursday.
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Anyone with information about the shooting at 227 Friendly Ave. Aug. 22 is asked to call High Point Crimestoppers at 889-4000 or Detective Marc Kun at 887-7937. Crimestoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests or solutions to serious unsolved crimes. “We’re having different accounts of how things actually went down. We understand that people’s perceptions may be altered by an incident of that magnitude,” said Lt. Gordon Stallings, Violent Crimes Unit supervisor for the police. “We had a multi-
said. “It’s a tedious case, but one that we’re still getting some information on and would still like to have more.” All of the victims were at the residence at the time of the shooting, which apparently occurred primarily in the yard and front portion of the house. The four survivors’ injuries were described as non-life-threatening. All but one had been released from the hospital as of Thursday. “I think I can safely say it’s not a stale case at this point,” Stallings said. “We are hoping to have additional information come in from folks who may have been involved who we’re not familiar with yet.” pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531
Trinity to unveil Center City Plan BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
TRINITY – Adam Stumb said a plan that will create an “identity” for the center of Trinity will be presented to the public next week. Stumb, the city’s planning and zoning administrator, has been working with Trinity’s consultant, the Lawrence Group, on the Trinity Center City Plan for several months. A draft of the plan will be presented to the public at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Trinity City Hall Annex, 6703 N.C. 62. “The biggest reason for the plan is to kind of create some sort of identity or center for the town – something that most towns have but Trinity has kind of lacked since the college moved away,” Stumb said. “It should create some character for the city – a place to gather for Christmas parades and events. It will create a destination for the city.” A draft of the plan states the Center City Plan covers roughly 500 acres that has long been “considered the heart of the community.” The 500 acres are loosely bounded by N.C. 62/Interstate 85 to the south, Surrett Drive to the north and west, and Trinity Road/Sealy Drive to the northeast, according to the plan.
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Unsolved crime tude of witnesses we know about, and there were probably more that may have left the scene that we didn’t have a chance to talk to. We understand when shots get fired, people get gone.” Also complicating things was the fact that police had three crime scenes to deal with – the house, the spot about a quartermile away where McMannus was found at the intersection of Friendly Avenue and Hickory Chapel Road and the High Point Regional Hospital emergency room, where the wounded were taken. “It’s taken the detectives a pretty substantial amount of time to kind of piece the versions together and see what matches the physical evidence we found,” Stallings
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Roger Clodfelter was promoted to assistant vice president at High Point University. Clodfelter, who has been with HPU since 1996, will continue to serve as the director of WOW!, a position he’s held since 2006, and will be responsible for overseeing campus concierge, recreation services and student activities.
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Trinity Planning and Zoning administrator Adam Stumb examines plan that will be presented to the public next week to create an “identity” for the center of Trinity. According to Stumb, the Center City Plan sets out the future for the Old Town area of N.C. 62 from Trinity High School Road to Sealy Drive. Stumb said this is the area where Trinity College, which later became known as Duke University, was located.
Under the Center City Plan, Trinity will maintain a mix of commercial businesses and offices that are more residential in their appearance in the Old Town area. Stumb said the city of Trinity is planning for the future because sewer
is going to be extended to the Surrett Drive area by 2011. Craig Lewis, a principal with the Lawrence Group, said the Center City Plan suggests establishing a “Village Center” that would redevelop homes and create some
new shops. Lewis said the Center City Plan also indicates creating a city park behind the Trinity City Hall. A copy of the Center City Plan can be found on city of Trinity’s Web site. dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657
Officers in fatal shooting remain on leave Jeremy Paul Flinchum shot and killed Courtland Smith, a 21-yearold junior and fraternity presiARCHDALE – The two Archdale dent. police officers who responded to a On Thursday, Chief Darrell suicidal call on Interstate 85 that turned deadly last month continue to be on paid administrative leave, according to Archdale’s chief of police. Just before 5 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, the two officers conducted a Darrell Gibbs traffic stop on Interstate 85 re- Archdale police chief garding a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Gibbs said Flinchum and another who called 911 asking for police officer, whose name is not being assistance and indicated he was identified because he witnessed suicidal. Once the vehicle came the shooting, are on paid leave to a stop, according to police, a while the N.C. State Bureau of confrontation ensued and Officer Investigation conducts its invesBY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
‘They are taking it hard.’
tigation of the incident. Gibbs said Flinchum had been with the Archdale Police Department since April 2008, but previously worked for the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office for about six years. The unidentified officer has worked for the Archdale Police Department since April 2006, and has no other law enforcement experience, according to Gibbs. Gibbs described both of the officers as “hard working, very likeable, laid back and easy going.” The police chief said he has never had any problems out of either of them. “They are taking it hard,” Gibbs said of the officers. “Any time you take someone’s life, you take it
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hard. A lot of people don’t think of that. They think we are coldblooded, but we are not. It’s been very difficult for them as well as for everyone else in the department.” Last week, a Randolph County Superior Court judge released the Guilford Metro 911 tape and an Archdale police radio traffic audio recording. The Guilford Metro 911 tape indicated Smith told a dispatcher he was armed with a 9 mm pistol, suicidal and driving drunk at speeds of up to 110 mph. After responding to the incident, police radio traffic video indicates Smith at some point exited his ve-
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