Erin Cobb

Friends from a local CrossFit training center are organizing a fitness-related fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 19, for Erin Cobb, the 28-year-old Davidson woman who is recovering after she was shot by her ex-husband on Sept 24 at her east Davidson home.

Ms. Cobb was an avid “CrossFitter” before she was shot, and remains partially paralyzed, according to Jane Elizabeth Huff, a Davidson resident and co-owner of CrossFit Davidson. She said Ms. Cobb worked out regularly at CrossFit Vitality in Concord, whose owner are partners with the Huffs in the Davidson center.

Vitality owners Steve and Jessica Pinkerton have organized a region-wide CrossFit fundraiser on Erin’s behalf, inviting all area area CrossFit affiliates to participate in a dedicated workout, or Workout of the Day (WOD), as they are called. They’ve created a special “Cobb WOD,” called a “hero” WOD.

Ms. Cobb is planning to attend the Nov. 19 event, which will be at Vitality CrossFit, 7828 Westwinds Blvd., Concord. It begins at 1 p.m.

Registration fees, T-shirt sales and all related donations will go to Ms. Cobb’s foundation, which is helping to paying her medical expenses. Information is at www.cobbwod.com. “Erin is planning to attend the event. Thank you for helping us spread the word,” Ms. Huff said.

Police say Ms. Cobb’s ex-husband Jeremy Hester went to her home in the Runnymede neighborhood, off Shearer Road, and began arguing with her early on Sept. 24. The former Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department officer shot her in the neck, then shot himself in the head, according to a police report. Three days later he died from his wounds.

Ms. Cobb’s mother has been chronicling her recovery on a website, and reports she is out of a rehabilitation center and back on her own – with lots of help from friends. She’s in a wheelchair and is still undergoing therapy to walk again.

RELATED LINKS

Erin Cobb CrossFit fundraising website, cobbwod.com

Oct. 12, 2011, “As woman recovers from shooting, friends help”

Sept. 28, 2011, “Jeremy Hester dies after Saturday shooting in Davidson”

Sept. 24, 2011, “2 people in serious condition after east Davidson shootings”

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