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SALISBURY, N.C. — (October 29, 2025) — The Salisbury Police Department is releasing additional details following Sunday night’s incident at the Cookout restaurant located on East Innes Street.

On October 26, 2025, at approximately 8:15 p.m., Salisbury Police officers responded to a disturbance call at the restaurant. Upon arrival, officers confronted the suspect, Jamie Lynne Hunt, DOB: (07/02/1981), not knowing he was armed. As officers attempted to arrest him, Hunt became combative, and during the struggle, he brandished a knife.

A bystander, witnessing the altercation, stepped in to assist the officers. During the struggle, the citizen and one of the officers received wounds from the knife. A second officer deployed a Taser, allowing officers to subdue and take Hunt into custody.

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