SBI: Former Shelby Officer charged with assault

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent | SBI staff reports

Hyder (Photo from SBI Facebook page)

SHELBY – The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has charged former Shelby Police Officer Karson Hyder, 22, with one count of assault inflicting serious injury.

In a statement released Monday morning around 11 a.m. on social media, The SBI announced the formal charge.

According to the statement, Hyder turned himself in to the Cleveland County Detention Center at 10 a.m., today, June 1, 2026. He was processed and released on a $10,000 secured bond.

Based on the charges listed online, the information was formally posted at 10:28 a.m., this morning.

"The SBI initiated this investigation following a request from the Shelby Police Chief and the Cleveland County District Attorney," noted the statement on The SBI's Facebook page. "The investigation examined an allegation of excessive use of force. No additional information is available at this time. Any additional information will be shared through the SBI social media platforms."

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Hyder was suspended Friday afternoon, May 29, after a video circulating on social media showed what allegedly appeared to be excessive force, as was stated by City of Shelby officials, against a suspect, Cherrie Moore, 34, when Shelby Police Officers responded to a potential alleged breaking and entering. Moore was arrested and charged with breaking or entering with a $10,000 bond, resisting a public officer, assault on a government official, but was later released that same day.

Protests began late Friday afternoon that moved around Uptown, from the Earl Scruggs Center, to the Shelby Police Department, City Hall and the Cleveland County Courthouse.

On Saturday morning, 10 a.m., May 30, another video statement was released by The City of Shelby to the public which provided an update that Hyder had been fired from The Shelby Police Department and the SBI was investigating Friday's incident.

On Monday morning he was charged with one count of assault inflicting serious injury.

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Chuck Thompson is a reporter and columnist for The Shelby Independent. 

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