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31-year-old man dies after being shot in jaw in Raleigh
A man was shot in the jaw early Wednesday morning at an apartment complex in Raleigh, police said.
Posted — UpdatedRALEIGH, N.C. — A man died early Wednesday morning after being shot in the jaw near a Raleigh apartment complex, police said.
Officers responded around 3:30 a.m. to the 2200 block of Raven Road to the report of a shooting. When they arrived, police found 31-year-old Jose Juan Melendez Jr. with a gunshot wound to his jaw.
Melendez died at a local hospital.
A woman who called 911 reported seeing a man running into some nearby woods after the shooting.
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