Family: Two men questioned in Wake deputy's death are brothers

A family membr told WSOC-TV that the two men taken into custody for questioning in Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd's
Posted 8/17/2022, 10:20:00 PM Updated 8/18/2022, 12:58:08 AM

AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.

GERALD MONICA CASEY LIVE IN

DURHAM, THANK YOU.

>> WE'RE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT

ABOUT 2 MEN WHO ARE IN CUSTODY

AND BEING QUESTIONED REGARDING

THE DEATH OF WAKE COUNTY DEPUTY

NED BYRD. TODAY WE LEARNED THE

2 MEN ARE BROTHERS AND ONE OF

THEM WAS BOOKED INTO THE DURHAM

COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WRAL'S

CHELSEA DONOVAN HAS BEEN

FOLLOWING UPDATES ALL DAY AND

JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM WAKE

COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WITH

THE LATEST CHELSEA.

>> IT'S DAY 6 OF THE

INVESTIGATION. STILL NO MURDER

CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED

REGARDING THE DEATH OF DEPUTY

NED BYRD, THE WAKE COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THIS IS

STILL AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION,

BUT WE DID LEARN MORE TODAY

ABOUT THE 2 MEN IN CUSTODY.

>> WHO ARE BEING QUESTIONS

SURROUNDING NED BYRD'S MURDER.

>> THIS IS ALDER, ALL MARINE.

HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE DURHAM

COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON A

FEDERAL DETAINER YESTERDAY AND

TURNED OVER TO FEDERAL

AUTHORITIES JUST HOURS AGO.

AND THIS IS HIS BROTHER, ARTURO

MARINES TO

W S O CHARLOTTE TV STATION

CONFIRMED THAT THE MEN WERE

RELATED AFTER SPEAKING WITH

FAMILY MEMBERS, A COUSIN WHO

GREW UP WITH THE BROTHERS

DOESN'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE ANY

CONNECTION TO THE MURDER OF

DEPUTY NED BYRD KILLED ON

AUGUST. 11TH. WE WROTE AND

THERE IS SOME NICE PERSON.

I DON'T THING YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHAT IN THE 2 WERE TAKEN IN

FOR QUESTIONING IN THE MURDER

OF WAKE COUNTY DEPUTY NED BYRD,

THEY WERE PULLED OVER IN

SEPARATE VEHICLES AFTER 2

SEPARATE TRAFFIC STOPS 150

MILES AWAY ON I-40 IN BURKE

COUNTY ON TUESDAY.

BROADCASTIFY SCANNER TRAFFIC

CONFIRM THAT WITH A YES TO

QUESTION THE PIT STOP

>> THE DAY I THINK TO SUSPECT

VEHICLE. FROM THE

BUT IT COULD BE THEY'RE BOTH

BELIEVED TO BE SUSPECTS WERE

GOING TO.

>> I REACHED UP ON US.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> ARTURO MARINES TO REMAINS IN

THE ALAMANCE COUNTY JAIL UNDER

A FEDERAL DETAINER ALDERMAN

ARENA APPEARED IN FEDERAL COURT

IN WINSTON-SALEM FOR CHARGES

RELATED TO HIM REPORTEDLY BEING

IN THE U.S. ON DOCUMENTED AND

TRANSPORTING A GUN ACROSS STATE

LINES. THE WAKE COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAVE YET TO

COMMENT ON THESE MEN IN

CUSTODY.

>> AND MEANWHILE, THROUGH ALL

OF THESE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS,

THE VISITATION FOR DEPUTY NED

BYRD WILL BE HELD TOMORROW,

FOLLOWED BY HIS FUNERAL ON

FRIDAY MORNING. BACK TO YOU.