Jonathan Drew, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

FILE - An ambulance believed to be carrying a shooting suspect arrives at Wake Medical Center Emergency Room in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, surrounded by police. North Carolina Democratic legislators pleaded with the General Assembly's Republican majority on Tuesday, Oct. 18 to consider gun safety and mental health measures, citing last week's shootings in Raleigh that left five people dead. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker, File)

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Parents of accused North Carolina shooter express sorrow

by Jonathan Drew Associated Press, and Allen G. Breed Associated PressOctober 19, 2022

RALEIGH, N.C. — The parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of killing five people in a North Carolina shooting rampage released a statement saying they are “overcome with grief” and saw no warning signs before the killings.The statement Tuesday by Alan…

Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble answers questions from reporters after announcing he will not charge deputies in the April 21 fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. during a news conference Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at the Pasquotank County Public Safety building in Elizabeth City, N.C. Womble said he would not release bodycam video of the confrontation between Brown, a Black man, and the law enforcement officers, but he played portions of the video during the news conference...

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Prosecutor says NC deputies justified in shooting of Black man

by Ben Finley Associated Press, and Jonathan Drew Associated PressMay 18, 2021

Attornys for the family of Andrew Brown, Wayne Kendall, front, and Chantel Cherry-Lassiter, right, make comments after a judges decision on the release body cam video of the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, N.C., Wednesday, April 28, 2021. A judge denied the request to immediately release body cam video of the incident. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Judge won’t release videos of deputies shooting Black man

by Ben Finley Associated Press, and Jonathan Drew Associated PressApril 28, 2021

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Biden administration to boost vaccine supply amid shortages

by Jonathan Drew Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressJanuary 26, 2021

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2021, file photo, Dorothy Kade, left, holds the hand of her husband, Walter Kade Jr., as they wait in the observation room after he received a COVID-19 vaccine at the VA Medical Center, in Philadelphia. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

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US virus numbers drop, but race against new strains heats up

by Jonathan Drew Associated Press, and Kathleen Ronayne Associated PressJanuary 25, 2021

This undated mugshot provided by the High Point Police Department shows Paul A. Steber, 19, a North Carolina university student who has been charged with two counts of having a gun on campus and a charge of making threats of mass violence. A High Point Police Department statement said Steber was arrested after officers responded Tuesday, August 27, 2019 to reports of a student with two firearms and ammunition in a High Point University dorm. (High Point Police Department via AP)

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Prosecutor: Student with guns in dorm studied mass shootings

by Jonathan Drew Associated PressAugust 29, 2019

Steve Bergeron collects downed branches from a Tropical Storm Barry damaged backyard tree, Sunday, July 14, 2019, in Morgan City, La. Bergeron and his wife, Lois Bergeron, far background, spent much of their Sunday morning cleaning up tree limbs, clumps of leaves and other storm debris. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Barry’s flood threat lingers as storm slowly sweeps inland

by Rebecca Santana Associated Press, and Jonathan Drew Associated PressJuly 15, 2019

Firefighters and emergency personnel work the scene of a building fire in downtown Durham, N.C., Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Firefighters responding to a gas leak were evacuating people from the building when it exploded, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others, officials said. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Officials: 1 dead, 17 hurt in North Carolina gas explosion

by Jonathan Drew Associated PressApril 11, 2019

FILE - In this June 13, 2017 file photo, a red wolf female peers back at her 7-week old pup in their habitat at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C. A panel of top scientists has concluded that the endangered red wolf is a species unto itself. The government-funded study by the National Academy of Sciences gives the beleaguered canine a scientific and political boost at a time when its numbers have plummeted in the wild. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

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US-funded study says red wolves a distinct species

by Jonathan Drew Associated Press, and Matthew Brown Associated PressMarch 28, 2019

Workers take the final steps before removing a Confederate statue from its location in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. The action is considered a rare move since such monuments are largely protected by law. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman)

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Confederate statue removed from historic NC court

by Tom Foreman Jr.. Associated Press, and Jonathan Drew Associated PressMarch 13, 2019