SBI: Self-inflicted bullet hits arresting officer in protective vest

In neighboring North Carolina, a rape suspect died and an officer was hit with a shot after investigators came to serve warrants on a Spruce Pine resident.

Carolina’s Bureau of Investigation reported as officers approached Timothy Alan Holiman, 52, pulled out a gun and shot himself while the same round struck the special agent in his bulletproof vest.

Holiman later died of his injuries. He was being charged with was being charged with a sex offense and statutory rape. The officer was not injured.

(GRAPHIC: Property of North Carolina Bureau of Investigation)