Rocky Mount police link shooting at shopping center to bank robbery in Zebulon
TEMPERATURE TURNAROUND ON THE
HORIZON FOR TOMORROW. WE'LL
HAVE THAT COMING UP.
>> BREAKING TONIGHT, THE SBI
BOMB SQUAD IS NOW ON THE SCENE
WHERE AN OFFICER SHOT A
SUSPECTED WAKE COUNTY BANK
ROBBER. NEW VIDEO SHOT IN JUST
THE LAST HOUR SHOWS BOMB TECHS
SEARCHING THE SUSPECT'S
VEHICLE. WELL, THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED AROUND 4.15 IN A ROCKY
MOUNT SHOPPING CENTER. POLICE
SAY THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL. AND NEW TONIGHT,
A VIEWER SENT US THIS PHOTO OF
A PERSON BEING PUT IN AN
AMBULANCE AT THE SCENE OF THE
SHOOTING TONIGHT. WE'VE ALSO
LEARNED POLICE FOUND THE
SUSPECT USING A TRACKER ON THE
TRUCK. HE WAS DRIVING RIGHT
STREETS ARE CLOSED AROUND THE
SHOPPING CENTER. THE SBI IS
STARTING THEIR OWN
INVESTIGATION. WE HAVE LIVE
TEAM COVERAGE. FIRST, WE WANT
TO START WITH WRAL'S ERIC
MILLER WHO'S LIVE AT THE SCENE
RIGHT NOW.
>> ERIC, WHAT'S NEW IN THE LAST
HOUR?
>> WELL, CURRENTLY JUST IN THE
LAST 30 MINUTES, THE SBI BOMB
SQUAD SEEMS TO A FINISHED UP
THEIR WORK ON THE SUSPECT'S
VEHICLE AND GIVEN THE ALL-CLEAR
FOR OTHER OFFICERS, BOTH WITH
THE SBI AND THE ROCKY MOUNT
POLICE TO RESUME THEIR
INVESTIGATIONS. YOU TAKE A LOOK
BEHIND ME HERE. YOU CAN SEE
THOSE OFFICERS CROWDED AROUND
THE CAB THAT WHITE 18 WHEELER
CAB. THAT IS THE SUSPECT'S
VEHICLE HERE. THAT IS WHERE
BOMB TECHS WERE FOCUSING THEIR
EFFORTS. IT'S NOW WHERE
INVESTIGATORS ARE FOCUSING
THEIR EFFORTS. WE'RE TOLD BY
ROCKY MOUNT POLICE AND THE SBI
THAT SUSPECT CAME OUT OF THAT
VEHICLE RIGHT AROUND 4.15, THIS
AFTERNOON WHEN ROCKY MOUNT
POLICE OFFICERS APPROACHED,
FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS. THOSE
OFFICERS THEN RETURNED FIRE
LEADING TO SOME TERRIFYING
MOMENTS IN THIS CROWDED
SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT.
>> AMID THE POST HOLIDAY RUSH
FRIDAY, A RUSH FOR COVER.
MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS IN THE PACKED
ROCKY MOUNT TOWN CENTER PARKING
LOT SENT SHOPPERS SCRAMBLING.
IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND VERY
CLEARLY GUNSHOTS. WHEN YOU SEE
STILL WRAL, SEVERAL NEARBY
STORES WERE PLACED ON LOCKDOWN,
INCLUDING TJ MAXX WITH
EMPLOYEES TRYING TO HIDE
CUSTOMERS IN THE BACK OR IN
DRESSING ROOMS.
>> ACCORDING
>> TO POLICE BELIEVE THE
SUSPECT WAS HURT, BUT AT LEAST
ONE BULLET FIRED BY SOMEONE.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO WENT WIDE
SHATTERING THE FRONT DOOR OF
THIS MURPHY GAS STATION MORE
THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY FROM
THE PRIMARY SCENE. I WOULD JUST
FROM THE DOOR.
>> I WAS JUST WALKING AWAY FROM
IT. AND THIS ONE OUTSIDE A
BULLET CLERK, BRENDA HARRISON
SAYS SHE WAS JUST SECONDS AWAY
FROM GETTING SHOT HERSELF IS
CRAZY.
>> AND TONIGHT THERE ARE STILL
MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS HERE
THAT WE'RE WORKING TO LEARN THE
ANSWERS TO.
>> INCLUDING THE CONDITION OF
THAT SUSPECT INCLUDE AND THAT
PERSON'S NAME AS WELL. WE ARE
TOLD THIS WAS AN ADULT MALE WHO
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL EARLIER
THIS EVENING. IN ROCKY
MOUNTAINS. ERIC MILLER'S OF
YOUR EYE ON THE NEWS.
>> LUIS HERNANDEZ IN THE WRAL
LIVE CENTER. THIS IS A
COMPLICATED STORY. SO LET'S
PEACE. THE SCENES TOGETHER.
IT STARTED AT 11:30AM, EARLIER
TODAY WHEN AN ARMED ROBBERY
OCCURRED AT FIRST CITIZENS BANK
ON WAKELAND STREET IN ZEBULON.
NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE SUSPECT
LEFT TO THE BANK THEN CAME DOWN
HERE TO AARON DELL DRIVE RIGHT
AROUND THIS GENERAL AREA.
THERE'S A LITTLE CAESARS.
THEY GOT A SEMI TRUCK AND LEFT
THAT SEMI TRUCK IS AN IMPORTANT
PIECE OF ALL BE WHEN POLICE
CONTACTED THE COMPANY THAT OWNS
THE TRUCK, TRACKED IT TO THE
HOBBY LOBBY PARKING LOT IN
ROCKY MOUNT ROCKY MOUNT POLICE
ARRIVED TO ASSIST AT 04:15PM.
THAT IS WHEN THE SUSPECT GOT
OUT OF THE SEMI TRUCK.
ACCORDING TO POLICE STARTED
FIRING, HE WAS SHOT AND THEN
TAKEN TO A LOCAL MEDICAL
FACILITY FOR TREATMENT. SO ALL
IN ALL FROM ZEBULON TO ROCKY
MOUNT ABOUT A 32.8 MILE
DIFFERENCE ALL HAPPENING OVER
THE COURSE OF HOURS ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
>> WELL, AND AS THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED, WE RECEIVE TIPS AND
PHOTOS FROM YOU. REMEMBER IF
YOU SEE BREAKING NEWS, YOU HAVE
A STORY TO GO AHEAD AND REPORT
IT WITH US. GO TO WRAL DOT COM
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