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Wanted Sex Offender Killed During Shootout in Durham

By "eAdvocate"

1-21-2011 North Carolina: DURHAM, N.C. (WGHP) ? U.S. Marshals shot and killed a wanted sex offender during a shootout on Thursday. Jerome Thompkins, 35, who was wanted for multiple sex offenses involving children, was fatally shot when U.S. Marshals returned fire to Thompkins inside a home at 404 Macon St. in Durham, said police in a news release. Thompkins had locked himself in a bedroom around 8 p.m. Officers told Thompkins to surrender several times before he started firing a handgun at them, said police. Thompkins had been charged with three counts of first degree sex offenses with a child, three counts of taking indecent liberties with a child, and three counts of crimes against nature, said police. Preston Oppegard, a U.S. Marshal, was the officer who shot Thompkins in self-defense, said police...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on January 21, 2011 (boomark / email).