Wake County Sheriff's Office holds briefing on murder of deputy Ned Byrd

The Wake County Sheriff's Office is holding a briefing on the case involving the murder of deputy Ned Byrd.
Posted 8/18/2022, 3:55:00 PM Updated 8/18/2022, 5:58:06 PM

on this morning to be able to share that

Uh One of the suspects that we believe is involved

in the death of deputy ned Berke has been charged

with murder in that case subject

Arturo's so tele was booked into our jail this morning

at approximately 8 30 between 8 39 o'clock this morning

It's been round the clock work by this agency and

others that I'll be speaking about in just a few

minutes

I'll be bringing forth lieutenant Adams uh who was a

member of this office on criminal investigative division to provide

statement

We will not accept any questions and that is because

we still have a very active investigation going on and

we're I'm determined to preserve the integrity of our efforts

to make sure that we do this and do it

the right way and not through the media but through

investigation through evidence and through case preparation for prosecution

Lieutenant Yeah

Just to reiterate what the sheriff said after an exhausting

investigation we are happy to inform the public that one

suspect is in custody future rest are expected

Our team's still following up leads

Uh and I want to make it very clear it

is an active investigation and we urge the public to

come forward with any additional information that may be able

to provide us

Uh and they can do that by calling the tip

lines that we have set up (919) 306 6931 Or

9193067748

Those lines are man 24 hours a day

And again we encourage anybody that may have information to

assist us and all the partners that are helping us

out to come forward

It is correct that the bulletin that we had placed

out and posted the reference to the vehicle the truck

that we were looking for has been located

Um And again we're working on some very very necessary

other components um to to this case

And so the work continues uh has been a concerted

effort

Members of this office did you see behind State Bureau

of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigations A

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State Highway Patrol um City County Bureau of investigations

A lot of our efforts uh thus far involved some

things that were occurring in Forsyth County

Uh and we had the support from the foresight Sheriff

who is here

Um All we had to do was call to make

some of the things happen with the support that we

needed in that county

So I do want to acknowledge that on top of

everything else

Um We were not gonna stop until we brought these

individuals into justice were there and there's a little bit

more work to do

And we're going to go about doing that

Now we ask for your patience and making sure please

that we may be not able to confirm some of

the tips that are coming into you on but we

don't want to jeopardize or hinder our investigation and the

things that are necessary to make sure we get this

job done appreciate you very much

Thank you

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