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Wake County Public School System Superintendent Robert Taylor speaks to the League fo Women Voters of Wake County, April 18, 2024

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A Hoke County woman is alive on Tuesday thanks to the quick actions of a deputy who responded to a domestic violence call and found a different victim in need of help.  

FOX. 50 AND AT 11 O'CLOCK BACK ON WRAL >> COUNTY WOMAN IS ALIVE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE DEPUTY WHO RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING HAD AN EXTRA LEVEL OF TRAINING. HOKE COUNTY HAS THE ONLY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE WHERE DEPUTIES ARE TRAINED AS PARAMEDICS LAST MONTH. THE WRAL INTRODUCE YOU TO 2 OF THE FIRST DEPUTIES TO COMPLETE THAT PROGRAM TODAY. WRAL'S GILBERT BAYS SPOKE WITH ONE OF THEM AGAIN. NOW THAT HE IS SAVED A LIFE. >> THE CALL CAME IN AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT. A FATHER HAD ALLEGEDLY SHOT HIS SON. BUT WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THEY FOUND ANOTHER SHOOTING VICTIM. >> THINGS ARE QUIET HERE ON JOHN BROWN ROAD IN HOKE COUNTY. BUT A BULLET HOLE THROUGH THE HOME'S FRONT WINDOW IS REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE MONDAY NIGHT HERE. SO WE'RE DEALING WITH DOMESTIC SITUATION. IS. >> INVOLVING BEING PHYSICAL AND A RESULT OF THE PHYSICAL OR WEAPONS BAN INVOLVED IS ALWAYS INJURIES. THAT WAS THE CASE WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON SCENE, 7 YEAR-OLD JEROME JOHNSON IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS SON. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. WHILE INVESTIGATING THE SCENE OF THE CRIME AND DEPUTY LEAD BLACK WHO IS A DEPUTY TRAINED AS A MEDIC, EXAMINE THE VICTIM'S STEPMOTHER WHO WAS ALSO SHOT. HE ACTUALLY HAD A THROUGH AND THROUGH. >> BULLET WOUND IN THE LOWER PALM OF HER HAND, DEPUTY BLACK WAS ABLE TO HELP STOP THE BLEEDING AND CALM THE VICTIM DOWN UNTIL SHE COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. WE'RE TOLD THERE WERE NO OTHER MEDICAL UNITS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THE OFFICER AT THAT LOCATION. >> THE OFFICERS TRAINING AS A MEDIC WAS CRUCIAL AT THE SCENE. HE'S ALREADY HAD TO PERFORM AS THE DEPUTY MEDICAL IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT IN A SIMILAR SITUATION, IF WE ARRIVED ON SCENE AND I GET THEIR FIRST AND WE'VE GOT TO SOMEONE WITH A SUBSTANTIAL INJURY, CAN PROGRESS INTO THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT CARE. SO THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT DEPUTY BLACK HAD TO USE HIS MEDICAL TRAINING. HE'S TOLD ME HE'S DONE IT AT LEAST 6 TIMES SINCE HE JOINED THE FORCE IN HOKE COUNTY, GILBERT BAYS, WRAL, NEWS. QUITE IMPRESSIVE. >> DURHAM JOHNSON WILL BE IN COURT TOMORROW. RIGHT NOW HE'S BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE

Deputy trained as Medic saves shooting victim 

A Hoke County woman is alive on Tuesday thanks to the quick actions of a deputy who responded to a domestic violence call and found a different victim in need of help. 

Hoke County woman alive thanks to Deputy's quick action and medical training

On Monday just before 9 p.m. officers with the Sanford Police Department were called to a Dollar General after a man inside the store exposed himself to a 10-year-old girl.

Raeford man arrested after exposing himself to 10-year-old girl

Czyz Navarre Savage

The Raeford Police Department said a 29-year-old woman abused a child at a church day care center. 



Raeford woman arrested, accused of assaulting child at church day care 

Handcuffs on prison bars

A 9-year-old boy from Raeford visited the Airborne museum in Fayetteville to honor the 13 American service members who were killed while evacuating the airport in Kabul. 



Raeford 9-year-old honors soldiers who died in Kabul airport bombing 

Christopher Hoffman 

Deputies were called out here to a recreation area in Raeford just after 7 p.m. Monday night. They found a number of shell casings in the parking lot and started talking to witnesses. A second 911 call said the victims of that shooting had driven to the Piney Bay Mobile Home Park, which is also on Shannon Road not far from the ballpark. 

DAVID PATTERSON, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, BECAME THE FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR. ANDREW CUOMO'S RESIGNATION TAKES EFFECT IN 14 DAYS AND IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING, TWO WEEKS ON THE POLITICAL SCENE. >>> INVESTIGATORS IN HOKE COUNTY ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT AFTER A TRIPLE SHOOTING THAT INJURED ONE PERSON AND LEFT TWO OTHERS DEAD. >> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RELEASED THE NAMES OF THE TWO PEOPLE WHO DIED. WE'RE LIVE AT THE BALL FIELD AND SPLASH PAD, WHERE THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED. >> Reporter: I SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT 90 MINUTES AGO AND HE SAID WHAT HAPPENED OUT HERE LAST NIGHT WAS DRUG-RELATED. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS LEFT. YOU CAN SEE THESE TIRE MARKS, WHERE INVESTIGATORS TELL US THE VEHICLES SPED OFF AFTER THAT SHOOTING. THAT SPLASH PAD RIGHT THERE, THAT WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME BUT WE ARE TOLD THERE WERE KIDS ON THAT SOFTBALL FIELD, PLAYING SOFTBALL, WHEN THAT RING OUT. INVESTIGATION STARTED LAST NIGHT AT ABOUT 7:00 AT THIS RECREATION CENTER. THEY FOUND SEVERAL SHELL CASINGS IN THE PARKING LOT AND THEY STARTED TALKING TO WITNESSES. AT THAT TIME, THEY GOT A SECOND 911 CALL THAT SAID THE VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTINGS ARE HERE AND HAD DRIVEN TO THE PINEY BAY MOBILE HOME PARK, ALSO ON SHANNON ROAD, NOT FAR FROM THE BALLPARK. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND IS 25-YEAR-OLD AND 22-YEAR-OLD IN THE VEHICLE AND THEY WERE DEAD AT THAT LOCATION. THE THIRD VICTIM IN THIS CASE IS 20 YEARS OLD AND HIS NAME IS NOT BEEN RELEASED. HE REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL AND WE ARE TOLD HE IS NON-LIFE- THREATENING INJURIES. FOLKS WHO USE THIS AREA ARE JUST SHOCKED. >> YOU WOULD THINK THAT A SPLASH PAD AND A PUBLIC PLACE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WOULD BE A SAFE SPACE TO BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO PLAY AND THE KIDS AND ENJOY THE SUMMER TIME. IT WAS REALLY DISHEARTENING, FOR ME ESPECIALLY. I AM A STAY-AT-HOME MOM. WE DO NOT HAVE AS MANY OPTIONS AS WHERE CAN I TAKE THE KIDS? >> INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR ONE SUSPECT, WHO THEY SAY WILL BE CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE CHARGED FOR SHOOTING THAT -- RIGHT NOW, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS STILL TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION ON THAT INDIVIDUAL

Hoke County triple shooting started at Raeford softball park, sheriff says 

Students and teachers at Rockfish Hoke Elementary in Raeford were treated to a performance by the Golden Knights on Tuesday.

Golden Knights pay tribute to teachers at Hoke County school

Golden Knights show support for Hoke County school

IS A BIGGER CONCERN WITH BUSINESSES REOPENING QUICKLY COMPARED TO 42% WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAN OPENING TOO SLOWLY. >>> WHILE MANY STONES LEARN ONLINE -- THE US ARMY'S PARACHUTE TEAM PUT ON QUITE A SHOW TODAY. THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS SET OFF A CHORUS OF BOOS AND AWES AT ROCKFISH HOPE ELEMENTARY. BRYAN MIMS SHOWS US HOW THE PERFORMERS AND THE AUDIENCE INSPIRED ONE ANOTHER. >> Reporter: FIX YOUR GAZE ON THE SKY. LIKE SPECS IN THE COSMOS HUMAN BEINGS ARE ROCKETING TOWARD EARTH AT 120 MILES AN HOUR. THEY SPIRAL, THEY SPEW RED SMOKE, THEY SPROUT CANOPIES AND SAIL TOWARD THE GROUNDSWELL OF EXCITEMENT. THE LANDING IS GOLDEN AND THE TEACHERS OF ROCKFISH HOPE ELEMENTARY HAVE THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS TO SHOW WHAT IT MEANS TO TAKE THE LEAP. MOLLY VAUGHN TEACHES FIRST GRADE. >> THEY SHOW SUCH DEDICATION AND HARD WORK TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS NO MATTER WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE, WHETHER IT BE A TEACHER OR BE IN THE MILITARY. >> Reporter: NEXT DOOR TO FORT BRAGG WHERE THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS CALLED HOME, THEY OPEN SCHOOLS IN AUGUST. >> IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFERENT. >> Reporter: THE ARMY'S PARACHUTE TEAM KNOWS THE GRAVITY OF THIS TIME WHICH IS WHY THIS KINDERGARTEN TEACHER FEELS SO LIFTED UP BY THEM. >> IT IS SOMETHING OUR STUDENTS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO AND ALSO THEY CAN RELATE TO IT. >> Reporter: YET WHO IS INSPIRING WHO? >> IT'S REALLY MOTIVATING WHEN I HEAR THE ROAR OF THE CROWD AS I AM FLYING MY PARACHUTE OVER, IT PUMPS ME UP. >> Reporter: GAZING INTO THE WIDE BLUE YONDER HAS A WAY OF KEEPING US CROWDED, THERE IS SO MUCH SKY AND SO LITTLE OF US AND THE ROUGH SEAS WE MIGHT FIND OURSELVES IN WILL EVENTUALLY TURN AND WE WILL FIND OUR FOOTING. WHEN SOMETHING MICROSCOPIC SEEMS TO HAVE SHRUNK ON THE HORIZON ALONG COME KNIGHTS IN GOLDEN CANOPIES GIVING US RIGID FOCUS. FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ALANA MORE >> IT WAS REALLY COOL. >> Reporter: YOU THINK YOU'D LIKE TO JUMP OUT OF A PLANE SOMEDAY? >> NO I WOULD NOT. >> Reporter: BUT SHE WILL TAKE HER OWN LEAPS, THE SKY IS STILL A VERY VAST PLACE. BRYAN MIMS, WRAL NEWS, HOPE COUNTY. >>> THIS WAS A VERY RARE TREAT, THE

Officials with the Raeford Police Department say a man has been arrested and charged with three counts of indecent exposure to children.

Raeford man charged with indecent exposure to three children

Hoke County investigators are looking for a missing Raeford man who was last seen leaving his job last month.



Family, friends search for missing Hoke man last seen leaving work

Missing Hoke man

Missing Hoke man found after 10 days

Wife continues search for missing Hoke man

Home Food Market, a family-run grocery store in Hoke County, has been serving people for over 100 years

Hoke County grocery store has served community for more than 100 years

Officials are searching for an inmate who was reported missing from the Hoke Correctional Center in Raeford late Sunday evening.

Officials searching for missing inmate in Hoke County

Cul P. Jones

These pictures were taken of my backyard in Hoke County. Rockfish Road is directly behind my home. I am in the Anderson Place Subdivision