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Published: 2011-03-06 13:00:00
Updated: 2011-03-06 19:52:05

Posted: March 6, 2011

Man dies after Moore Square food give-away stabbing

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Raleigh, N.C. — A Raleigh couple feeding the homeless helped a man who was stabbed in Moore Square in downtown Sunday morning. He died at WakeMed Sunday afternoon.

Police said that Eric Lee Jackson, 52, was waiting in line for free coffee and biscuits when Leonard Coleman, 62, stabbed him.

The couple said they rushed to help the victim and grabbed the knife that had fallen on the ground during the struggle.

"We pulled that away from him, so no more stabbings occurred," volunteer Greg Clark said.

He said that another volunteer tackled the suspect and held him down until police arrived, while they tended to the victim.

"911 was called, and then we applied pressure to the gentleman's wound," Clark said.

Coleman was charged with murder and is being held in the Wake County jail.

Police said that Jackson and Coleman were involved in an altercation earlier.

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nosuchmiracles, I worked as a medic in Downtown Raleigh for five years and I ran many bad calls out of Moore Square, including stabbings and shootings. Maybe you should watch what you say because there are people out there who know more about the area than you do.
Click to view my profile antares911
March 9, 2011 3:58 p.m.
To say Moore Square is dangerous is laughable. Oh no, there's homeless people! Seriously, you all must live in some fantasy world or out in the sticks - stay there, thats where you belong.
Click to view my profile nosuchmiracles
March 8, 2011 10:44 a.m.
There are very few places that you can go to get away from people like this. Looking at the latest census numbers makes me believe that it's going to get worse.
ccs1920
March 7, 2011 11:47 a.m.
The Salvation Army is directly across the street from Moore Square and the Rescue Mission is right around the corner, so who do you think is going to hang out in Moore Square? You can plow down the trees and pave it over but that doesn't get rid of the homeless people who "live" there. They'll just move on to the next available location.
blahblahblah
March 7, 2011 10:31 a.m.
Easy to say close the bus depot or close downtown when you aren't the ones that have to use it. Some people don't have another way. And what would you do? Cage all the homeless people? Kill them off? Or maybe ship them to an island somewhere? Come on guys...
lets_b_real79
March 7, 2011 10:23 a.m.
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