Condition of man Dare sheriff deputy shot early Sunday morning, shooting details remain unknown, injured man’s name released
- Corinne Saunders
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A map shows the area of Manns Harbor where a Dare County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot a man in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Image courtesy North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation)
By Corinne Saunders
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MANNS HARBOR — The condition of a man a Dare County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot during a traffic stop early Sunday morning remains unknown as of Monday afternoon, as are many details of the shooting.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is leading the investigation into the officer-involved shooting and released some public information on the incident on Monday afternoon.
The shooting took place in a parking lot near N.C. Highway 64 and Shipyard Road in Manns Harbor, according to the SBI’s Monday release, which identified the person shot as Truman Tyrone Gibson, a 49-year-old Black man who “was wanted for a probation violation and had a full extradition warrant for a firearm by felon charge.”
A Dare County Sheriff’s Office deputy conducted a traffic stop at approximately 1:50 a.m. in the Manns Harbor area, according to a Sunday morning sheriff’s office press release about the shooting.
“The subject had an active felony warrant for arrest,” the sheriff’s office press release said. “The suspect exited the vehicle and was combative and resisted arrest. The deputy discharged his duty weapon, resulting in injury to the suspect.”
Dare County Emergency Medical Services transported the victim to Outer Banks Health Hospital in Nags Head for treatment, according to the sheriff’s office press release. SBI agents responded to the scene and began an investigation into the officer-involved shooting.
Dare County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeff Deringer in response to Outer Banks Insider’s Sunday questions about the shooting directed all questions to the SBI.
An SBI spokesperson on Monday afternoon declined to answer many of Outer Banks Insider’s questions sent on Sunday, including the current medical condition of the man who was shot, the name of the involved deputy and further details on the incident.
“The SBI investigation is active and ongoing,” SBI Public Information Director Chad Flowers said in an email. “Unfortunately, most of your questions I cannot answer at this time in an effort to protect the integrity of the investigation.”
Flowers added, “I expect we will share additional information in the coming days and weeks.”
Online court records show one pending charge of “misdemeanor probation violation out of county” was filed against Gibson in Onslow County Superior Court on Jan. 22.
The Jan. 22 order for arrest in that case lists Gibson as a Jacksonville, North Carolina, resident.
Gibson on Dec. 17, 2025, in Duplin County Superior Court pleaded guilty to a felony possession of a firearm by felon charge from September 2023, according to online court records. It appears from court records that he was sentenced to a two-year period of probation from that case after having served 90 days prior to sentencing. That case file listed the January probation violation charge as a related case.
It appears Gibson was sentenced to a one-year probation in a separate case for a conviction of DWI Level 5—the lowest level of DWI in North Carolina—on the same day and in the same court setting. That case file lists as related cases the January probation violation charge and a bond forfeiture.
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