MOORESVILLE, N.C.- A community is mourning a fallen hero after a Mooresville officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop Saturday night.
Officials said K-9 Officer Jordan Sheldon, 32, was shot and killed after pulling over 28-year-old Michael Aldana shortly after 10 p.m. on West Plaza Drive.
According to police, the officer was transported to the hospital after the shooting, and later died from his injuries.
Investigators said that shortly after shooting Sheldon, Aldana went to an apartment complex about two miles away on Rinehardt Road, where officers later found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Channel 9's Stephanie Tinoco spoke with neighbor Nicole Merchant, who said she heard the gunshot and not long after, was evacuated out of her apartment while detectives worked through the area.
"I had a hard time going to sleep. Every little noise, I'd fling my eyes right open," Merchant said. "I started to getting all panicky and shaky. It's hard. I just told my son this morning this is why I tell you to stay close to me. You don't know."
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