RFP Staff
♦ According to Salisbury Police sources John Calvin Sifford, III, 29, recently indicted by a grand jury on Monday August 21st for an alleged October 2014 murder of Antonio Montreal Chambers, was captured today after Salisbury Police officers Sgt. Mike Colvin and Detective Devin Barkalow shot out the tires on Sifford’s car during a high-speed chase on Bringle Ferry near N. Long Street. The two officers attempted to stop Sifford’s car on Bringle Ferry Road when he hit the accelerator. The officers shot out Sifford’s tires before his car crashed in front of a home on E. Lafayette Street. Sifford attempted to flee on foot before the officers subdued him and handcuffed him. No one was reported injured.
Antonio Chambers was shot to death in the Colonial Village Apartments.
The Late Antonio Montreal Chambers:
The RFP’s October 23rd, 2014 article about the shooting death of Antonio Montreal Chambers, 25, gunned down at the Colonial Village Apartments on Avenue D in Salisbury, N.C.:
John Calvin Sifford, III:
Charges for John Calvin Sifford, III:
Colvin and Barkalow are on administrative duty. An internal investigation is pending. According to SPD policy officers are not supposed to shoot from a moving vehicle. We hope the review team admonishes and does not punish. The State Bureau of Investigation declined to review today’s incident.
Sifford is now being held in the Rowan County Detention Center. Additional charges are pending.
John Calvin Sifford, III’s Previous Record:
Bringle Ferry Road Near N. Long Street, Salisbury, N.C.:
Location Bringle Ferry Road Near N. Long Street, Salisbury, N.C.:
**This article will be updated as more information arrives.**
