DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — A man who was posing as a newly hired police officer is charged with shooting at a group of officers after they arrived on shift early Tuesday morning.
The Salisbury Police Department said on Monday, Bruce Richard Godwin, 32, approached a police officer in the police department garage. He told the officer he was recently hired by the Salisbury Police Department and was there to get some equipment. However, the officer didn’t recognize him, and he was told to leave.
Police said Godwin returned the next morning around 5:30 a.m. and parked in a parking lot beside the police department. They said he waited for about 30 minutes before officers arrived for work. Investigators said Godwin then fired four rounds toward the garage after officers parked inside. One of the rounds hit a vent in the garage.
Salisbury police obtained criminal warrants for three counts of felony discharging weapons into an occupied property and five counts of felony assault on law enforcement with a firearm.
Godwin was arrested in Davidson County and placed in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $100,000 bond.
