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Suspects in shooting that killed Greensboro police officer appear in court

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By Emily McCord Verified
| WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC) Verified
The three suspects arrested in the shooting and killing of a Greensboro police officer appeared in court Tuesday. Sergeant Philip Dale Nix was killed Saturday night. He was off duty when he was shot after intervening in a crime that was taking place at a Sheetz on Sandy Ridge Road. According to FOX8, the suspects were attempting to steal beer when Nix intervened and was shot twice.
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By Emily McCord Verified, April Laissle Verified
| WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC) Verified
Emily joined WFDD in 2014. It's a homecoming after 11 years working in public radio for stations in colder climates. She graduated from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro in 2003, where she earned her degree in music. She moved to Bloomington, Indiana, where she saw an advertisement on the side of a bus for the local station, WFIU, and began volunteering.
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Man at the center of prominent case alleging wrongful conviction, Kalvin Michael Smith, found dead

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By Emily McCord Verified
| WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC) Verified
Kalvin Michael Smith A man who claimed innocence in connection with a 1995 brutal assault in Winston-Salem has died. Kalvin Michael Smith was at the center of a racially divisive case that was one of the region’s most prominent allegations of wrongful conviction. Winston-Salem police report that the body of Kalvin Michael Smith was found in a car Wednesday. They say they don’t have reason to believe there was foul play. Police confirmed the death at a news conference today/Friday.
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