3 Raleigh officers injured during traffic stop fight with wanted man
A man wanted by U.S. marshals got into a fight late Tuesday night with Raleigh police during a traffic stop, injuring three officers, police said.
Posted — UpdatedPolice said officers stopped Woodie Herring on a registration violation around 11:45 p.m. on Capital Boulevard north of Interstate 440. During the stop, officers learned Herring was wanted by marshals on a charge of felony possession of a firearm.
Herring tried to pull a gun on officers when they attempted to arrest him, which started the fight, police said.
Herring suffered minor injuries and refused medical treatment. Three of the four officers who stopped him also had minor injuries.
Herring is charged with four felony counts of assault on a law enforcement officer and one count each of possession of a firearm by a felon, carrying a concealed gun and injury to personal property.
He was being held without bond in the Wake County jail, and federal authorities also put a detainer on him, meaning he could wind up in federal custody if released.
Herring has spent most of his life in prison. He was released in March of 2017 after spending 24 years behind bars on a second-degree murder conviction. While in prison, he was convicted in 2010 of assaulting a corrections employee.
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