Officer Jeff Shelton, 35, was killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 31, 2007. He and fellow officer Sean Clark had responded to a disturbance at an East Charlotte housing complex on Barrington Drive. After resolving that call they spoke with an unrelated man; as they turned to leave the man produced a gun and shot both officers in the back. Both were taken to Carolinas Medical Center and died of their injuries.

Shelton had served six years with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and was assigned to the North Tryon Division. He was remembered as dedicated and willing to help others and is survived by his wife, Jennifer Sparks Shelton. The shooter, who had five prior convictions for resisting arrest and assaulting a government official, was arrested and later convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole on September 30, 2010.