26-year-old man shot, killed in Raleigh; police charge suspect with murder
A 21-year-old man was charged with murder after another man was shot and killed Thursday at a Raleigh apartment complex.
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Raleigh police responded just before 4 p.m. on Thursday to a shooting in the 1800 block Cantwell Court near Raleigh Boulevard. Police on Friday said Floyd Lewright Smith Jr., 26, died in the shooting.
Derrick Lamont Jones was charged with murder and attempted first-degree murder in connection to the incident. He was taken to the Wake County Detention Center.
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Another person was taken to WakeMed to be treated for multiple gunshot wounds, police said. The second person's name was not released.
Witnesses said there were two separate crime scenes.
"I was laying on the couch, and I heard some gunshots," she said.
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