Craig Devon Rodgers

Deadly force

Officers responded to a call involving a possible kidnapping. Craig Devon Rodgers appeared to have been beating his girlfriend, who was locked in a bedroom for a day and a half. Rodgers let her go onto the porch to get fresh air, where she managed to send a text message to a family member in North Carolina, who then called police. Police arrived on scene, and Rodgers fled. The chase led to a backyard three blocks away, where he confronted a detective in a backyard with a large metal pipe. The officer shot and killed him.