Raleigh mayor: Police moved quickly to protect the public

AREA. AND I'LL KEEP YOU BRETT,

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO WANT TO

GO TO AN INTERVIEW NOW. WE

HAVE.

>> RALEIGH MAYOR JAN, A COW

ON ZOOM. SHE IS NOT IN THE

MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US. YOU ARE IN D C I

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW

YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS NEWS AND

KIND OF HOW IT ALL SETTLING

WITH YOU.

>> YEAH, I'M AT THE U.S.

CONFERENCE OF MAYORS WITH

MAYORS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY

THIS MORNING AND RECEIVED A

TAX FROM CITY HALL ALERTING

ME TO THIS VERY TRAGIC

SITUATION THIS MORNING AND SO

IT WAS A IT DEFINITELY A SHOCK

AND I'M YOU KNOW, IT JUST

SADDENS THIS IS THE THE 3RD

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR

TO DIE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN

RALEIGH.

>> GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHO YOU

BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH BASE WITH.

I ASSUME YOU TALKED TO CHIEF

ESTELLA PATTERSON. CAN YOU TELL

US AT ALL WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN

TOLD ABOUT HOW THINGS

TRANSPIRED?

>> YES, THE CHIEF UN AND THE

RPD HAVE BEEN, I THINK, VERY

RESPONSIVE TO THIS AND

UNINFORMED.

>> ME, RIGHT, THAT WHAT YOU'VE

ALREADY HEARD, THE ADULT WENT

INTO A RESTAURANT, SHOT ANOTHER

INDIVIDUAL, A SECOND INDIVIDUAL

AND THEN LEFT THE

>> FROM ASSISTS AND SHOT

HIMSELF. AND SO WE HAVE ONE

CONFIRMED DEAD AND THEN ANOTHER

ON IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND

THE 3RD WITH LESS SERIOUS

INJURIES. OBVIOUSLY TRAGIC FOR

ALL INVOLVED AND HAD NO BROAD

REPERCUSSIONS AS AS YOU HAVE

SHOWN FOR THAT IMMEDIATE AREA.

BUT I'M I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT

THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THE FREEZE

ON ON THE SCHOOL'S HAS BEEN

LIFTED GUN VIOLENCE OBVIOUSLY

IS AN ISSUE IN ANY MAJOR CITY.

>> RALEIGH IS NO EXCEPTION TO

THAT. BUT CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE

UNIQUE, A UNIQUE NATURE OF THIS

SITUATION WHERE IT'S A IT'S A

BUSY RESTAURANT IN A VERY BUSY

CONGESTED AREA THAT REALLY HAS

CAUSED SO MUCH DISRUPTION, NOT

JUST TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE

SHOOTING, WHETHER IT BE

CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE

INVOLVED OR JUST IN THAT AREA

IN GENERAL BEING SCARED BY A

LOCKDOWN AND POLICE SWARMING

THAT AREA. HOW HOW CAN YOU

REACT TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN

GETTING A LOT OF PUBLICITY FOR

WHERE IT HAPPENED AND HOW IT

ALL HAPPENED.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE

DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO

PREVENT THESE SORTS OF

OCCURRENCES AND LOOK AT HOT

SPOTS ACROSS THE CITY WHERE

CRIMES MAY OCCUR TRYING TO

PREVENT THOSE. ALSO WORKING

DIRECTLY WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT

WE THINK MAY LIKELY SHOOT A GUN

OR BE SHOT. I DON'T KNOW IN

THIS CIRCUMSTANCE. YOU KNOW,

IF THESE, IF ANY OF THIS WAS

PREDICTABLE OR WHETHER THIS

IS TRULY, YOU KNOW, JUST SORT

OF

DOMESTIC ISSUE OR THE SITUATION

BETWEEN 2 INDIVIDUALS. BUT

CLEARLY HAD MAJOR DISRUPTIONS.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

THE POLICE MOVED AS FAST AS

THEY COULD TO CONTROL THE

SITUATION LOCKDOWN THINGS UNTIL

THEY KNEW THINGS WERE SAFE.

AND FIRST RESPONDERS. SO I'M

APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY TRIED TO

MITIGATE THE IMPACTS. OBVIOUSLY

YOU ARE NO STRANGER TO THE CITY

OF RALEIGH, BUT THIS IS YOUR

FIRST MONTH AS THE CITY'S MAYOR

AND THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR

INCIDENT LIKE THIS WHERE WE

HAVE SEEN A TRAGEDY ON THIS

SCALE THAT HAS CAUSED SO MUCH

DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

HOW DOES THIS SIT WITH YOU

KNOW, BEING JUST A FEW WEEKS

NOW INTO YOUR TERM. WELL, YOU

KNOW, I CAMPAIGNED ON ON PUBLIC

SAFETY AND NO, THIS IS A A VERY

IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ME AND THE

WHOLE COUNCIL, A RALLY AND CITY

LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW,

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A

NATIONAL ISSUE JUST TODAY, YOU

KNOW, WAS WITH OTHER HAVE HAD

THE SAME. YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT

THERE'S AN INCIDENT OR THIS

MORNING THERE WAS AN INCIDENT.

SO WE KNOW THIS IS GUN VIOLENCE

IS A NATIONAL.

>> A EPIDEMIC. THERE ARE A

VIOLENT INCIDENT SAYS ACROSS

THE CITY. I THINK RALEIGH.

>> IS A VERY SAFE CITY. AND BUT

UNFORTUNATELY, EVENTS LIKE THIS

DO HAPPEN. AND WHEN THEY DO,

YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TO TO

MITIGATE IT AND NOT YOU KNOW,

THE IMPACT THAT YOU JUST SAW

HERE THIS MORNING ON THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE AND A VERY CONGESTED

AREA. I HAVE TO IMAGINE THERE'S

A BIT OF FRUSTRATION BEING THIS

CONNECTED TO THE CITY AND THIS

WAY BEING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,

HAVING TO JUGGLE THE REASONS

THAT YOU WERE THERE ALONG WITH

THE.

>> THE MANAGEMENT OF OF YOUR

ROLE IN THE SITUATION LIKE

THIS. YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF

WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE. ONCE YOU

GET BACK HERE IN A INTO TOWN.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S

MLK WEEKEND. AND SO FOR THOSE

WHO WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY DISTURBED

BY THIS WANT TO COME TOGETHER

AS A COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW,

PRAYER OR OTHER CONVENES MLK

EVENTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY

BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND I

WILL BE BACK FOR MANY OF THOSE

AND TO BE AND COMMUNITY.

>> ALL RIGHT. MAYOR JANET CAL,

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE

APPRECIATE TAKING SOME TIME

FROM YOUR YOUR DUTIES IN

WASHINGTON, DC THERE AT THE

CONFERENCE OF MAYORS TO TALK