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Man accused of shooting outside Wake County Public Safety Center appears in court
A Cary man accused of firing multiple shots into the Wake County Sheriff's Office building appeared in court for the first time Wednesday morning.
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A Cary man accused of firing multiple shots into the Wake County Sheriff's Office building appeared in court for the first time Wednesday morning.
THEIRS HOME DEAD FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS. AUTHORITIES FOUND THEIR SON AT A HOTEL IN MYRTLE BEACH AND ARRESTED HIM. >>> A MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING MULTIPLE SHOT -- SHOTS INTO THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING IS FACING AN ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE. JOE, SHERIFF BAKER WILL BE GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THIS CASE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. >> Reporter: RENIE, WE WILL BE HERE FOR THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. ONE THING THAT WE WILL BE ASKING ABOUT IS A KIDNAPPING CHARGE THAT WILLIE HAYES IS ALSO FACING. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW HE HE HELD A WOMAN AGAINST HER WILL YESTERDAY, BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT ALL TIES INTO THIS SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EVIDENCE MARKERS LEFT BEHIND WITH A COUPLE OF BULLET HOLES HERE. SEVERAL OF THOSE BULLETS ENDED UP IN WINDOWS THAT ARE NOW BOARDED UP OUTSIDE OF THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INSIDE AND ALSO OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. WILLIE HAYES OPTED FOR A PUBLIC DEFENDER. PROSECUTORS SAID HE HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY, INCLUDING CONVICTIONS FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, DRUG OFFENSES, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT WAS AROUND 3:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY HAYES FOLLOWED SHOTS AND TOOK OFF AND WAS ARRESTED A SHORT TIME LATER WHERE HE LIVES. THIS MORNING'S COURT HEARING WAS ONLY ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. AT ONE POINT, THINGS GOT PRETTY TENSE. A MAN SITTING IN THE COURTROOM GOT UP AND POINTED AT HAYES AND SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIM. >> SIR, LEAVE THE COURTROOM. >> DON'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS COURTROOM, SIR. >> I APOLOGIZE. >> Reporter: WITNESSES OUT HERE YESTERDAY SAID THEY HEARD ABOUT A DOZEN SHOT. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT DAMAGE. LUCKILY, THERE ARE NO SERIOUS INJURIES TO REPORT. A DEPUTY DID SUFFER SOME CUTS FROM FLYING DEBRIS. OBVIOUSLY, SOME GOOD NEWS THERE , THAT THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES. HAZEL IS GIVING A BOND -- HAYES WAS GIVEN A BOND. WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THAT MAN IS OR HOW HE IS TIED TO THAT CASE. OF COURSE, WE PLAN TO ASK SHERIFF BAKER ABOUT THAT WHEN HE TALKS HERE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. ANY UPDATES THAT WE LEARN, HE WILL POST FIRST ON WWW.WRAL.COM.