Woman captured in Johnson County after officer dragged by car, shot while trying to make arrest

Name: Woman captured in Johnson County after officer dragged by car, shot while trying to make arrest
Uploaded: 2022-12-13T11:14:00.000Z
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Description: An officer attempted to take Deserie Byrum into custody Monday night, but she tried to get away. It was during the escape when the officer was dragged by the suspect's vehicle and was shot in the arm.

An officer attempted to take Deserie Byrum into custody Monday night, but she tried to get away. It was during the escape when the officer was dragged by the suspect's vehicle and was shot in the arm.

Posted 12/13/2022, 11:14:00 AM Updated 12/13/2022, 5:31:19 PM

HOGAN AND I'M KEELEY ARTHUR IN

FOR RENEE CHOU. THANKS FOR

JOINING US.

>> THIS ALL STARTED AT 9.45

LAST NIGHT WHEN THE OFFICER

NOTICED THE WOMAN AT A PARK AND

THAT'S WHEN THINGS TOOK AN

UNEXPECTED TURN. WRAL'S HEALTHY

DONOVAN IS LIVE IN ZEBULON WITH

WHAT SHE'S LEARNED ABOUT THE

WOMAN AND THE OFFICER'S

CONDITION. CHELSEA.

>> HEALY, YOU CAN SEE REMNANTS

OF WHERE THIS ALL TOOK PLACE

LAST NIGHT AS THAT VIOLENT

COMMUNITY PARK. I'M GOING TO

STEP ASIDE SO YOU CAN SEE THE

PIECE OF THAT LEXUS HERE.

STILL ON THE GROUND IN THE PARK

AS WELL AS THOSE MANGLED

BUSH'S. THIS IS ALL WE'RE

OFFICER COLBY JAMES, WITH THE

ZEBULON POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS

DRAGGED BY A CAR LATE LAST

NIGHT. NOW AROUND 9.45. JAMES

STOP. 51 YEAR-OLD DESERET AND

BYRON FOR TRESPASSING. AFTER

HOURS HERE AT THE PARK, BYRON

HAD A WARRANT FROM RANDOLPH

COUNTY FOR FLEEING ARREST,

RECKLESS DRIVING AND OTHER

CHARGES. SO JAMES ATTEMPTED TO

TAKE HER INTO CUSTODY. HE ASKED

HER TO GET OUT OF THE CAR, BUT

SHE HIT THE GAS AND THE LEXUS

SHE WAS IN DRAGGING OFFICER

JAMES THROUGH THE WOODEN

PLAYGROUND AND PINNING HIM IN

THE DOOR. JAMB NOW OFFICER

JAMES THAT DREW HIS GUN WHILE

BEING DRAGGED IN ACCIDENTLY

SHOT HIMSELF IN THE ARM.

BYRON FLED THE SCENE AND SHE

WAS LATER CAPTURED IN JOHNSTON

COUNTY BY HIGHWAY PATROL.

TAKE A LISTEN TO SOME OF THAT

SCANNER TRAFFIC FROM LAST

NIGHT.

>> WELL, I KNOW 30 YEARS OF

AGE OR DOES ONE LEFT ON A

>> NOW, JAMES HAS BEEN ON THE

FORCE HERE IN ZEBULON FOR A

LITTLE OVER A YEAR. HE WAS

TAKEN TO WAKE MED WITH THOSE

INJURIES, BUT HE WAS RELEASED

THIS MORNING. NOW, AS FAR AS

BYROM SHE FACES A LONG LIST

OF CHARGES. SHE'S CURRENTLY IN

THE WAKE COUNTY DETENTION

CENTER UNDER A $55,000 BOND.

SHE SET TO MAKE A COURT

APPEARANCE THIS AFTERNOON AT

02:00PM WILL BE THERE AND BRING

YOU LIVE UPDATES STARTING AT

04:00PM. I KNOW YOU WILL.