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Sheriff links Cary arrest to shots fired outside Wake County Public Safety Center
Shots were fired in front of the Wake County Public Safety Center on Tuesday afternoon.
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Shots were fired in front of the Wake County Public Safety Center on Tuesday afternoon.
RUNS IN FRONT OF THE WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, IT IS SHUTDOWN RIGHT NOW. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO BE IN THE AREA, THEY WILL NEED TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. ALL OF THIS JUST UNFOLDING A SHORT TIME AGO. AGAIN, SHOTS FIRED AT THE WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM THE SCENE, WE HAVE PARDONED THIS MOVEMENT OF THE CAMERA BUT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. YOU CAN SEE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ON THE SCENE PUTTING UP CRIME SCENE TAPE THERE. NEAR DAVIE STREET AND SALISBURY STREET IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. BOTH OF THOSE NOW CLOSED AFTER SHOTS WERE FIRED AGAIN ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, NO INDICATION OF WHY SHOTS WERE FIRED, IF ANYONE WAS OR INJURED, HOWEVER WE DO SEE AN ADDITION TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, WE ALSO SAW EMS VEHICLES IN THE AREA. THIS UNFOLDED JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. THIS IS A LIVE PICTURE FROM THE SCENE. WE HAVE CRUISE ON THE WAY THEY ARE, IN ADDITION TO THE CREW WITH THIS CAMERA THAT'S BRINGING YOU THE LIVE PICTURES HERE, NOT ONLY OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, RPD ALSO INVOLVED. THE WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER METAPHORIC FIRE DURING RECENT PROTESTS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH, AND THE PROTEST BACK IN MAY, PARTS OF THE AREA WERE UNDER LOCKDOWN, THE NIGHT OF THE PROTEST. WE ARE NOT SUGGESTING THE TWO ARE INVOLVED OR CONNECTED BUT JUST STATING THE FACTS. THE TENSION THAT HAS SURROUNDED THE AREAS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. AGAIN, THIS LIVE PICTURE COMING FROM THE SCENE THERE AT DAVIE AND SALISBURY STREET, YOU CAN SEE EMS WORKING WORKERS ON LOCATION, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS HIT, BUT POSSIBLY THERE AS A PRECAUTION, WE SEE AT LEAST TWO AMBULANCES, AND THE MEDICS VEHICLE ALSO IN PLACE. ALL OF THIS UNFOLDING, JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. AS SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. ACCORDING TO ERIC KURT WHO IS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED, WHY THE SHOTS WERE FIRED OR IF IN FACT, ANYONE WAS INJURED AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE. SALISBURY AND DAVIE STATES ARE STREETS ARE CLOSED, WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST COMING UP ON THE NEWS AT 4:00. IF WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, AS FAR AS WHAT HAS HAPPENED, IF ANYONE WAS HIT, THE EXTENT OF ANY POTENTIAL INJURIES, WE WILL BREAK BACK INTO PROGRAMMING AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU ON HER NEWS AT 4:00. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF SKY FIVE, ALMOST IN THE AREA HEADED TOWARD DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUT UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, WE WILL GO BACK TO REGULAR PROGRAMMING. WE WILL BE BACK ON THE AIR AS NEED BE, AND DEFINITELY ON OUR KNEES AT 4:00.