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Off-Duty N.C. Officer Shot During Home Invasion

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer was wounded when two teenagers broke in to his southwest Charlotte apartment and opened fire early Sunday.

October 14, 2013

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer was wounded when two teenagers broke in to his southwest Charlotte apartment and opened fire early Sunday, reports the Charlotte Observer .

By Sunday evening, police had arrested Kevin Watson McClary, 19, and Mauricio Gabriel Salazar-Peiti, 17, for the break in earlier in the day. Police say the two shot Officer Jon Dunham during an attempted robbery about 6 a.m. Dunham's son was also in the apartment and was not hurt.

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McClary and Salazar-Peiti now face multiple charges with additional counts pending, reports the Charlotte Observer .

Dunham has been on the force since 2008. He was listed in stable condition on Monday.