Another teenager is in custody and accused in a shooting that happened after thousands of teenagers and young adults descended on Fourth of July celebrations at Brier Creek and on Glenwood South.

Raleigh police said the unnamed 16-year-old was taken into custody on Wednesday after detectives obtained a secure custody order. 

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The teen was taken to a juvenile detention facility and is charged with:

  • Two counts of Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury
    • Going Armed to the Terror of the Public
      • Possession of a Firearm by a Minor
        • Three counts of Discharging a Firearm Within City Limits

          Violence began in Brier Creek

          Police officers said that the incident began at the Brier Creek Commons shopping center, where 3,000 teens showed up for a Star Spangled Block Party held near the shopping center's clocktower.

          After the teens were removed from the venue, police say a large fight broke out, and two adults were injured after shots were fired. One adult was hit by gunfire, while the other was hit by glass from a shot-out car window.

          According to the Raleigh Police Department, about half of the teens who showed up on Glenwood South were at the incident in Brier Creek.

          Police said they took a juvenile into custody at Brier Creek and found that they had a handgun. However, they did not believe that they were one of the shooters.

          After the Glenwood South shootings, police officers were investigating a related shooting at a gas station on Capital Boulevard, that left two people hurt.

          Everyone injured in the shootings at Brier Creek, Glenwood South and Captial Boulevard is expected to be OK, and police said they are still searching for the shooters in all three incidents.

          July 4th was a long night for the city of Raleigh, including Sgt. Phil Falco.

          The veteran Raleigh police officer, with 13 years of experience working downtown, found himself in the middle of the chaos.

          “A lot of us were out there until six in the morning just making sure that we had talked to everyone we needed to talk to that night,” said Falco. “It was a lot going on.” 

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