Man arrested after house fire, shooting and chase
CHANGE MAY NOT HELP YOU SLEEP
AT NIGHT.
AND THIS SCENE UNFOLDED THIS
EVENING AFTER POLICE SAY A MAN
SAID HE'S NOT A HOME ON FIRE,
SHOT SOMEONE IN RALEIGH AND
THEN POLICE ON A CHASE AND
FIRED GUNSHOTS AT OFFICERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M DEBRA MORGAN AND I'M GERALD
OWENS. WE'RE COVERING EVERY
ANGLE OF THIS. A REAL STORY
TONIGHT. OUR BOYS IN THE WRAL
LIVE CENTER TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS
ALL PLAYED OUT. MARC, WILL
GENERAL WE CAME IN TODAY.
ALL THIS WAS UNFOLDING THIS
AFTERNOON AND IT ACTUALLY TOOK
US SOME TIME TO PIECE ALL THAT
TOGETHER.
>> THE BETTER HANDLE ON THE
SITUATION NOW, SOME OF IT AND
KNIGHTDALE SON THAT PLAYED OUT
IN RALEIGH. LET'S START WHERE
IT ALL BEGAN. SO THIS IS
LOCATION. NUMBER ONE, USING
THIS MAP, SUSPICIOUS PERSON
CALL IN KNIGHTDALE
INVESTIGATORS SAY WILLIE
DANIELS WAS SEEN KNOCKING ON
DOORS HERE, BANGING ON DOORS
AND MAKING A SCENE AT A MOTEL
LESS THERE. WHEN SAID HIS OWN
HOME ON FIRE HERE KNIGHTDALE
DROVE TO AN APARTMENT COMMUNITY
HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
RALEIGH SHOT SOMEONE THERE.
POLICE THEN CHASED HIM TO THIS
LOCATION AND HE CRASHED AT NEW
BERN. A NEW HOPE THAT'S WHEN
INVESTIGATORS SAY DANIELS SHOT
AT POLICE. INVESTIGATORS WERE
FINALLY ABLE TO TAKE HIM DOWN
AT THAT LOCATION. NOW WE WANT
TO SHOW YOU A PHOTO. THIS A
POLICE PHOTO RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS NOT CURRENT. THIS IS
FROM BACK IN THE 2006, 2007
TIME FRAME. THIS IS THE MAN
POLICE SAY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ALL THIS. WILLIE DANIELS, THIS
PHOTO WAS TAKEN WHEN HE WAS
FACING CHARGES, INCLUDING AN
ASSAULT CHARGE AS WELL AS
FACING CHARGES OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE VIOLATION. MUCH MORE
ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY.
THE MOTIVATION BEHIND ALL OF
THAT AS WE GET THOSE DETAILS IN
HERE TONIGHT. MARK, THANK YOU.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES NOW
WITH AARON THOMAS. HE IS LIVE
AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON
BROCKTON DRIVE.
>> AARON WOULD BE LEARNED
THERE.
>> WE'RE TOLD THIS IS THE AREA
WHERE RALEIGH POLICE FOUND
SOMEONE SHOT. WE'RE TOLD THAT
A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY TOOK
PLACE. WHERE IS THIS BACK
PORTION OF THE COMPLEX? ONE
NEIGHBOR EVEN TOLD ME THEY
WITNESS SOMEONE BEING TAKEN OUT
ON A STRETCHER. INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THAT THE SHOOTING OUT
HERE MAY BE CONNECTED TO THAT
SHOOTOUT BETWEEN POLICE AND
THE SUSPECT ON NEW BERN AVENUE
>> VIEWER VIDEO SHARED WITH
WRAL SHOWS THE MOMENT. 39
YEAR-OLD WILLIE, JEROME DANIELS
FIRED SEVERAL GUNSHOTS AT
RALEIGH POLICE OFFICERS ALONG
NEW BERN AVENUE NEAR WAKE MED
HOSPITAL. HE COULD BE SEEN
THROWING GUNS DOWN AS OFFICERS
HAVE THEIR GUNS DRAWN. A WILD
SERIES OF EVENTS PLAYING OUT IN
SEVERAL PARTS OF WAKE COUNTY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE SET FIRE
TO HIS OWN HOME IN KNIGHTDALE.
EARLIER HE SPENT THE DAY
LOOKING FOR HIS WIFE AT A HOTEL
IN TOWN. THEN IN RALEIGH SHOT
AT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX.
OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE
SHOOTING, SPOTTED A CAR THAT
MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT
DANIELS WAS DRIVING AND GAVE
CHASE NEIGHBOR JOSE RIOS AND
HIS WIFE WERE STARTED BY
GUNSHOTS OUTSIDE THEIR HOME.
MY WIFE, SHE HEAR THE FIRST
BANGING SAWS AND I WAS BECAUSE
CHICHI WHAT YOU WAKE UP LIKE
SOUTHERLY LIKE THAT.
>> I HEAR LIKE THE SECOND ROUND
IT WAS LIKE ABOUT ABOUT MY
MIND. IT WAS LIKE FOR 4 OR 5
SHOTS WHO WAS MORE THAN ONE?
>> NOW THAT PERSON WHO WAS
FOUND SHOT OUT HERE WAS TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE
NOT ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT
PERSON THAT WAS INJURED AS WELL
AS THE SUSPECT. THERE'S A LOT
OF LAYERS TO THE STORY WILL BE
ON THIS FOR OUR LATE NEWS.
BE SURE TO JOIN US. BEGINNING
AT 10 ON FOX. 50 WILL BE
HEARING FROM FROM A WITNESS
WHO SHARES THE MOMENT THEY
WITNESSED THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN
POLICE AND THE SUSPECT.
DARRELL, WE HAVE A LOT STILL TO
LEARN ABOUT THIS AND WE ARE