On Saturday, Dec. 30, Greensboro Police Sgt. Philip Nix was tragically shot and killed while confronting alleged shoplifters stealing beer from the Sheetz on Sandy Ridge Road.
Nix was a supervisor for the Greensboro Police Department’s Family Victims Unit and was off duty when the shooting occurred.
Saturday evening, three suspects were arrested in Winston-Salem, charged with crimes related to the shooting and are currently being held in the Guilford County jail.
The three who were arrested are Jamere Justice Foster, Z’quriah Le’Pearce Blackwell and John Walter Morris. Foster has been charged with first degree murder.
The community has responded with an outpouring of grief and sympathy over the death of the Nix, who had served in the GPD for over 23 years.
Saturday, Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan posted on X, “Today we lost one of our own in senseless act of violence. Heartfelt condolences to his family & the extended GPD family. This will be felt for a long time. The impact that he has had in our community can’t be overstated. Thank you for the agencies assisting in this investigation.”
Gov. Roy Cooper ordered all the US and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be flown at half-staff through Wednesday, Jan. 3 in honor of Sgt. Nix.
Tuesday, Jan. 2, the Greensboro Police Officers Association (GPOA) issued a press release mourning the death of one of its members and giving people a way to offer support.
The press release states, “In honor of our fallen hero, the GPOA announces a memorial fundraiser for Sergeant Nix, which is hosted by Help a Hero. The link to donate is located at: https://helpahero.com/campaign/sergeant-philip-dale-nix-memorial-fund
The press release continues, “The GPOA appreciates the massive outpouring of support received from our community and people across the country. We will provide additional updates of the GPOA website located at www.greensboropoa.com .”
There is no amount of money that will replace a husband, a father, and a son. The political climate is charged with loathsome repetitions that blame police for the failure of others to obey our laws. The chants of “Defund the Police” and such have created an atmosphere of hate of the very people we call in times of distress. Politicians should be ashamed of themselves, people who support Blacks Lives Matter should be ashamed of themselves, and people who spew hatred against Whites for being White should be ashamed. They all have contributed to society’s current environment that led to the killing of someone charged with enforcing our laws. May the memorial fundraiser be hugely successful.
Someone please tell Chris to read Term Limits post then speak about hate.
Forget a trial, someone get a rope, I’ve got a good oak tree,trying to locate a horse. Tired of this woke bull!!
THANK YOU Willam exactly my thoughts time for a lot of Wild West justice. 10 cases of beer, stolen for drugs, 5 GUNSHOTS and a good productive member of society gone because of THUGS, chris how are you sleeping tonight
One more comment. The police sergeant was not just shot, he was murdered. Premeditation can be seconds or minutes not just long-term planning. The shooter had a gun handy in case he was confronted. Did he know that he would be confronted by a police sergeant? It did not matter. He planned to shoot anyone who challenged the theft. That is planning, qualifying as murder. The state should seek the death penalty. The three involved are a menace to society.
This was felony murder. Death penalty. Yet to be proven in court, of course.
If it were me, the death penalty should be eliminated in favor of life without parole. The convict would suffer more.
Besides, sometimes the verdict could be wrong.