Raleigh police officer hospitalized in neighborhood shooting, suspect dead

TOWN BY TOWN. FUTURECAST.

COMING UP IN LESS THAN 15

MINUTES, I WILL SEE THEM.

MIKE, THANK YOU. WE'LL GET BACK

TO OUR WEATHER COVERAGE IN JUST

A MOMENT. BUT FIRST TO THE

OTHER BREAKING NEWS.

>> POLICE OFFICERS SHOT WHILE

RESPONDING TO A CALL IN SOUTH

RALEIGH. THE SUSPECT IS DEAD

SHOT BY POLICE. AT THIS POINT.

POLICE ARE NOT SAYING WHAT THEY

WERE INITIALLY CALLED FOR

BEFORE. THE SUSPECT STARTED

SHOOTING AT OFFICERS.

>> WE ARE WORKING TO FIND THAT

OUT. WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK JOINS US

NOW LIVE AT WAKE MED HOSPITAL

WHERE THE INJURED OFFICER IS

BEING TREATED RIGHT NOW.

AND CHIEF PATTERSON IS BY THAT

OFFICERS SIDE, HEIDI.

>> AND ASHLEY, THIS IS THE

QUIET AS WE'VE SEEN WAKE-MED

ALL NIGHT. IN FACT, WITHIN THE

LAST 5 MINUTES, THE LAST POLICE

OFFICERS PULLED OUT FROM HERE.

IN FACT, TAKE A LOOK BACK THIS

WAY. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW

QUIET IT IS. IT'S QUITE THE

SCENE AFTER SEEING DOZENS OF

POLICE OFFICERS HERE ALL NIGHT

LONG. AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE

STILL WAITING FOR AN UPDATE

ON THAT INJURED OFFICER IN A

PRESS CONFERENCE THIS EVENING

AROUND 8 O'CLOCK RALEIGH,

DEPUTY CHIEF RICO BOYS ASKED

FOR PRAYERS FOR THAT OFFICER

AND SAID HIS INJURY IS SERIOUS.

WE SPOKE WITH ONE MAN WHO SAW

THE OFFICER RIGHT HERE AT WAKE

MED AND WE ASKED IF HE'D EVER

SEEN A POLICE PRESENCE LIKE

THIS ONE.

>> I HAVEN'T. I'M SAYING THIS

MANY POLICE CARS. WELL, SOME OF

THE OTHER ONE TIME EVER.

>> AND

>> YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT

REALLY STICKS WITH ME FROM THAT

CONVERSATION IS THAT MAN

ACTUALLY HAS A PROCEDURE HERE

AT WAKE MED TOMORROW MORNING.

HE SAID THAT REALLY PUTS HE'S

SMALL PROCEDURE INTO

PERSPECTIVE. AND OF COURSE, A

LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL HANGING

OUT THERE. WE'RE GOING TO GET

THE ANSWERS TO YOU AS SOON AS

WE CAN. HEIDI KIRK, WRAL, NEWS

LIVE IN RALEIGH. ALL RIGHT,

HEIDI, THE BUREAU, SHAUN

GALLAGHER HAD JUST ARRIVED ON

THE SCENE WHEN MORE SHOTS RING

OUT. SEAN POLICE TOLD YOU AND

YOUR PHOTOJOURNALIST TO TAKE

COVER. TALK ABOUT A TENSE

MOMENTS.

>> YEAH, THAT'S FOR SURE.

GUYS. SOMETHING I'VE NEVER

REALLY EXPERIENCED IN THIS JOB,

BUT IT REALLY PALES IN

COMPARISON TO THE PEOPLE THAT

LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT THEY DO WITH KNOWING THIS

HAPPENED IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

BECAUSE REALLY, THIS IS AS

PEACEFUL, A NEIGHBOR

NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU COULD ASK

FOR, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SNOW

FALLING RIGHT NOW, REALLY

PICTURESQUE. BUT IT'S IN STARK

CONTRAST TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE

BEHIND ME. POLICE VEHICLES THAT

ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS

INCIDENT FROM EARLIER THIS

EVENING. THEY HAVE KIND OF

TAKEN SOME OF THE POLICE TAPE

DOWN, BUT ARE STILL GOING TO BE

HERE FOR HOURS INVESTIGATING

THIS GUNFIGHT WITH ONE DEAD AND

AN OFFICER SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.

>> I ALSO A FEW MINUTES.

>> TYPICALLY POLICE RADIO

TRAFFIC IS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN

GET TO UNDERSTANDING THE

DANGER. OFFICERS ARE UNDER THE

TONIGHT WE EXPERIENCED IT

FIRSTHAND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

ABOUT JUST WHAT?

>> WHAT IS WHAT? OKAY. WE'RE

HEARING A LOT OF GUNSHOTS RIGHT

NOW. AN OFFICER IS TELLING US

THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE BECAUSE

OF THAT OR STRAY STUFF WELL,

GET BEYOND AROUND 6.30, AN HOUR

AFTER POLICE ARRIVED HERE.

GUNSHOTS ERUPTED IN THIS

OTHERWISE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> THE SCENE QUICKLY CHANGING.

BUT YOU KNEW SOMETHING HAPPENED

WHEN THEY STARTED SCRAMBLING

THEIR CARS TO CLEAR THE ROADS,

LARRY AND CAT ADCOCK LIVE JUST

A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY. IT'S A

SCENE LIKE THEY'D NEVER EXPECT

OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME. AND I

HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY POLICE

OFFICERS COME IN. I MEAN,

THAT'S THERE HAD TO BE RIGHT

HERE ON THIS BLOCK. 50 POLICE

CAR SOUNDED IT SOUNDED LIKE

FIREWORKS ARE GOING OFF.

IT WAS JUST YOU CAN TELL THE

DIFFERENCE. IT'S JUST REALLY

LOUD AND LIKE MORE OF A BOOM

IN.

>> THE SUSPECT DEAD. AND WE

KNOW THAT OFFICER WAS SERIOUSLY

WOUNDED PRAYERS FOR THE COP.

YEAH. IF YOU DON'T PROBABLY GET

UP EVERY DAY THINKING THAT'S

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.

AND THOSE PRAYERS BY THAT

NEIGHBOR. I SPOKE TO ARE ECHOED

BY PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE

TRIANGLE TONIGHT. EXACTLY WHAT

CHIEF DYER, DEPUTY CHIEF RICO

BOYS HAD REQUESTED THAT PEOPLE

DO WHILE ONE OF THEIR OWN IS

IN THE HOSPITAL IN RALEIGH.

SHAUN GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS.

THE BUREAU'S JULIAN GRACE WAS

ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST REPORTERS

AT THE SCENE. JULIAN, YOU SPOKE

WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO

WERE THERE WHEN POLICE CRUISERS

FLOODED THE AREA ON THIS BITTER

COLD WINTER NIGHT.

>> ASHLEY, WE DID. WE TALKED TO

A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT WE DO

WANT TO BRING YOU SOME NEW

INFORMATION. WE ARE HERE AT

CENTRAL COMMAND WHERE AT

ELEVEN-THIRTY RPD IS EXPECTED

TO GIVE ANOTHER NEWS BRIEFING

AND GIVE ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

>> ON WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT

THAT SAID, WE DO WANT TO LET

YOU KNOW, WE WILL CARRY THAT

NEWS CONFERENCE LIVE AT 11,

30 ON WRAL. LET'S TALK MORE

ABOUT SAUNDERS STREET. THAT'S

WHERE WE WERE LOCATED. OFFICERS

AT THAT ENTIRE AREA BLOCKED OFF

MOMENTS AFTER SHOTS RANG OUT.

THEY WOULD NOT LET ANYONE COME

IN THAT VICINITY UNLESS YOU

ARE INVESTIGATOR OR IT WAS

CLEAR THAT YOU'RE IN OFFICE OR

AMBULANCES WERE EVEN STATION

NEARBY, WAITING TO CARRY

POSSIBLY MORE VICTIMS AWAY.

BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.

WE DO WANT TO MENTION THERE

WERE RESIDENTS, THOUGH, WHO HAD

A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT

WAS GOING ON AND WHAT WAS

HAPPENING. TAKE A LISTEN TO

THIS. ONE RESIDENT WHO SAID

HE WAS TOTALLY TERRIFIED WHEN

HE HEARD THE SHOT.

>> HOW I WAS SCARED. I DIDN'T

KNOW I I WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GOING

TO BE LIKE LIKE A REAL SHOOTOUT

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR I

JUST DIDN'T KNOW.

>> WE DO KNOW A LITTLE BIT

MORE. A SUSPECT IS DEAD AND

AN OFFICER IS CURRENTLY

BATTLING SERIOUS INJURIES.

AND THEN AT 11, 30, WE WILL GO

INSIDE CENTRAL COMMAND HERE

TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED ONCE

AGAIN, WE WILL CARRY THAT NEWS

CONFERENCE LIVE AT 11, 30 RIGHT

HERE ON WRAL FOR NOW REPORTING

LIVE IN RALEIGH, JULIAN GRACE,

WRAL NEWS, OF COURSE, THE BIG

QUESTION TONIGHT IS WHAT WAS

THE CALL THAT LED POLICE TO

THAT HOUSE THAT THEN RESULTED

IN THE EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE

YOU WITH DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS