Fatally stabbed woman found after officers kill blood-covered man, NC police say

A man armed with a knife and “covered in blood” was killed in a confrontation with police, according to investigators in North Carolina.

The shooting happened shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday, and officers later discovered a fatally stabbed woman was also in the home, High Point police said in a May 18 news release.

The incident began as a domestic dispute in the Jamesford Meadows subdivision, police said.

“Initial information relayed to dispatchers reported that there was an active assault in progress involving a knife. This information was provided to a neighbor by two juveniles who fled from the home during the assault,” police said.

“Officers arrived ... knocked on the front door, but received no response from inside. Two additional officers went to the rear of the residence and observed signs of a violent assault. At that time, the two officers at the front door forced entry into the home and encountered an adult male covered in blood and armed with a knife. Officers gave multiple commands to the male, which he ignored before advancing toward officers, still armed with the knife.”

Officers fired their guns, and he died at the scene, officials said.

A search located a woman with life-threatening stab wounds and “she was pronounced deceased a short time later,” police said.

Her death is being investigated as a homicide.

Identities of the man and woman have not been released.

Four officers with the department have been placed on paid administrative leave, pending the outcome of an investigation into the shooting by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation, officials said.

“No officers were physically injured during the incident,” officials said.

High Point is about a 75-mile drive northeast from uptown Charlotte.

This story was originally published May 18, 2026 at 9:25 AM with the headline "Fatally stabbed woman found after officers kill blood-covered man, NC police say."