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BESSEMER CITY, N.C. (AP) in a statement that pre- restaurant as shocked pa- second person fatally in- and I heard a loud boom,"
— A man intentionally liminary evidence indi- trons milled about after- jured while they were still he told WSOC-TV. "It went
rammed a vehicle into a cates the man purposely ward. notifying relatives. straight through."
North Carolina restaurant smashed his way into the Killed was 26-year-old Kate- Police said the driver, Roger He added, "The one guy I
busy serving Sunday lunch, Surf and Turf Lodge about lyn Tyler Self, the daughter Self, was arrested after the could help in back, he was
killing his daughter and an- noon Sunday. of the driver and a Gaston vehicle had fully slammed pretty hurt," he added. He
other person and injuring Footage from the scene County Sheriff's Office dep- its way inside the steak said he was stunned by
several others, authorities showed emergency re- uty. and seafood restaurant in what happened but man-
said. sponders treating people Authorities haven't re- Bessemer City, about 30 aged to help paramedics
Bessemer City Police said on the ground outside the leased the name of the miles (50 kilometers) west move tables off the person
of Charlotte. Authorities and debris out of the way
did not immediately make so the injured could be
clear what charges Self treated.
faces. They said in their Katelyn Self was a four-
statement that they had year veteran of the Gas-
begun a homicide investi- ton County Sheriff's Office,
gation. Sheriff Alan Cloninger told
The Gaston Gazette iden- The Charlotte Observer.
tified Roger Self as a busi- She had worked as a cor-
nessman from Dallas, North poral in the jail and was off
Carolina. duty when she was fatally
Charlotte-Mecklenburg injured.
police spokesman Rob Tu- Cloninger choked up as he
fano called the crash a spoke about the crash.
"mass casualty" incident, "Tragic, tragic loss of life,"
and reports said some of he told reporters. "I'm ask-
the victims were flown by ing people just to keep the
helicopter to Carolinas family in your prayers, and
Medical Center. There was the sheriff's office, because
no immediate count on the we're suffering right now."
number of injured or the ex- The sheriff's office later
tent of the injuries. tweeted a photograph of
"He drove his car into the the deputy via social me-
building, killing people, dia, adding in the message
so that's why we took him that "Our hearts are bro-
into custody immediately," ken" and that the agency
Bessemer City Police Chief was asking for thoughts
Thomas Ellis Jr. said. He and prayers not only for the
gave no indication what deputy's family and friends
might have prompted the but also for her "brothers
crash. and sisters in uniform."
Photographs from the A 2017 profile in the Ga-
scene showed a shattered zette said Roger Self ran a
opening in a restaurant private investigations busi-
wall, where the car had ness called Southeastern
smashed inside the build- Loss Management. It said
ing. the business opened in
The Gaston Gazette identi- 1989 and mostly helped
fied the vehicle as a sports companies investigate em-
utility vehicle. ployees' wrongdoing.
Caleb Martin, a 14-year-old Authorities said the fam-
who busses tables at the ily was requesting privacy
restaurant, told a broad- and referred any questions
cast outlet that he saw the to the family's pastor.
vehicle suddenly smash Messages left at the tele-
through a wall into the res- phone of the pastor by The
taurant. Associated Press were not
"I walked over to my station immediately returned.q