Log in to WRAL.com with one click using your favorite social network:
OR
Log in using your WRAL.com account:



Wrong email/password combination.

Forgot password?

Register with WRAL.com using your favorite social network:
OR
Register for a WRAL.com account using our web form.

Login Options

10:25 a.m. • 2-12-12

Weather Forecast for Raleigh

  • Today: Clear.
    • Hi: 41° F
  • Mon: Partly Cloudy.
    • Hi: 50° F
  • Tue: Rain.
    • Hi: 53° F

Other Locations

> 7 Day Forecast

Doppler Image

Marketplace Links

Social Links

Main Menu

Posted: March 4, 2008

Driver in Hit-and-Run Rampage Pleads Insanity

e-mail print friendly
Abdullah El-Amin Shareef, hit-and-run rampage suspect

[search] Site Search

Abdullah El-Amin Shareef, hit-and-run rampage suspect

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A man accused of running down five people – killing one of them – in a three-county rampage four years ago pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday.

Abdullah El-Amin Shareef, 29, of Raeford, is charged with murder and four counts of attempted murder in the case. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against him.

A trial date hasn't been set.

Authorities said Shareef stole a city-owned van in Fayetteville on April 14, 2004, and drove north. He hit and injured three men in Fayetteville, then ran over Lonel Bass in Linden, killing him.

Shareef abandoned the van, took Bass' pick-up truck and continued north, authorities said. They said he ran down another man in Harnett County before crashing the truck in Fuquay-Varina, where he was arrested.

Shareef's family said in 2004 that he has a history of mental illness. A psychiatrist ruled two years ago that he was competent to stand trial.

RELATED TOPICS: Raeford, Fuquay-Varina, Harnett County, Fayetteville, Linden, Death Penalty

Copyright 2011 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
e-mail print friendly

18 Comments


WRAL.com welcomes your comments on this story. All comments are moderated prior to publication based on our posting guidelines. Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved.

View Comments VIEW ALL 18 COMMENTS

This story is closed for comments. Comments on WRAL.com news stories are accepted and moderated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Latest Comments
Most of the time our justice system sucks.
richard2
March 5, 2008 8:08 a.m.
The other victims weren't even mentioned. One of the other victims was out for a jog when this guy ran him over TWICE! Put him away for life.
daMoFo
March 4, 2008 5:55 p.m.
If you are capable of killing you are capable of dying. If he did it once he will do it again. Either put him in jail for life with no possibility of parole (Not in an asylum), or give him the death penalty. Either way he will be out of society. He does not deserve rehabilitation because, personally I don't believe in rehabilitation. That is just a liberal view of trying to make the punishment impersonal.
whatusay
March 4, 2008 5:05 p.m.
"Am I the only one that believes mental illness should not shield you from punishment for crime." Do you feel the same way about 5-year olds? How about 3-year olds? Now, how about a 5-year old in a 25-year old body?
Click to view my profile Through a glass darkly
March 4, 2008 4:57 p.m.
Ranquick, I was wondering the same thing. A trial date hasn't been set for a crime that occurred 4 years ago??? How can that be?
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
March 4, 2008 4:52 p.m.
View Comments VIEW ALL 18 COMMENTS

Photo Spotlight

more photos
Report It

Multimedia

more
Click Here