County jail official stabbed by inmate with ‘homemade weapon,’ Meck sheriff says

Rogelio Aranda
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A state inspection found “significant safety concerns” over staffing shortages at the Mecklenburg County Jail in uptown Charlotte, including some driven by COVID-19 outbreaks that have sickened some 81 workers and more than a fourth of inmates.

A Mecklenburg County Jail officer is expected to make a full recovery after being stabbed by an inmate at the uptown facility, the Sheriff’s Office said.

At about 8:32 p.m. Sunday, Sherrod Davidson, 30, stabbed the sergeant “three times with a ‘homemade weapon,’” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The sergeant was transported to Presbyterian Hospital for treatment.

The Sheriff’s Office’s investigative unit will look into the incident, Sheriff Garry McFadden said in the news release. Criminal charges are expected to be filed against Davidson, McFadden said.

According to the Sheriff’s Office website, Davidson has been at the jail since January on charges including felony marijuana possession, possession of a firearm by a felon and discharging a firearm into occupied property.