Name: Sheriff: Shooting shows how serious this job is
Uploaded: 2021-06-02T14:04:00-0400
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Description: Sheriff Gerald Baker provides the latest on the condition of a Wake County deputy shot in the line of duty Wednesday morning.

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<p>&gt;&gt; IT SHOWS JUST HOW SERIOUS THIS JOB IS. IT SHOWS YOU HOW SERIOUS EVERY ASSIGNMENT INSIDE THE -- WITHIN THIS OFFICE IS DANGEROUS. SO WE'LL GO BACK, AND WE'LL ASSESS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TODAY. WE WILL LEARN FROM WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. THERE ARE SOME THINGS AND SOME TIMES WHERE THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE THAT YOU CAN DO THAN WOULD THEY DID TODAY AS A VETERAN OFFICER. WENT INTO A GUNFIGHT TODAY JUST TRYING TO SERVE A CIVIL PAPER. SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS. CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS JOB IS NOT EASY. WE'RE HERE, AND WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE IT FIRST. AND WE'RE HERE AND WE DO THIS JOB BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS IN THIS COUNTY HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY DESERVE AND THAT THEY ARE SAFE. WE PUT OUR LIVES ON THE LINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU. &gt;&gt; GOOD AFTERNOON. AT 10:15, OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO 2320 TURQUOISE CROSSING. UPON ARRIVAL, WE WERE ALREADY NOTIFIED THAT SHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED AND THAT AN OFFICER WAS DOWN. UPON ARRIVAL, THE OFFICERS LOCATED THE DEPUTY IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE AND CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY RESCUE. (AUDIO DIFFICULTIES) &gt;&gt; Reporter: ANY INDICATION OF WHAT KIND OF WEAPON? &gt;&gt; ASSAULT RIFLE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: I READ SOME REPORTS ONLINE THAT THE OCCUPANT STATED THAT HE WAS BROKEN INTO AND THAT HE FIRED HIS WEAPON. DOES ANY OF THAT SOUND RIGHT? &gt;&gt; NO, IT DOESN'T. &gt;&gt; Reporter: CAN YOU [INAUDIBLE] ONE MORE TIME? &gt;&gt; I'VE GOT THE ADDRESS. EDDY CRAIG. &gt;&gt; Reporter: IS THERE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE -- DID THE SUSPECT KNOW THEY WERE RECEIVING [INAUDIBLE] ANY INFORMATION ON THAT? &gt;&gt; THE DEPUTIES IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES, WHICH IS WHAT THEY DO. HE OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED OUT AND SAW THEM. NO QUESTION. &gt;&gt; Reporter: AND THEY WERE WEARING UNIFORMS? &gt;&gt; YES, THEY WERE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: I DO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THE ON SCENE [INAUDIBLE] TRANSPORTED. &gt;&gt; I'LL REFER TO YOU AMS. THEY CAN TILL MORE ABOUT. &gt;&gt; Reporter: SERGEANT RONALD WALL? &gt;&gt; WALLER. W-A-L-L-E-R. &gt;&gt; Reporter: IS HE IN SURGERY? &gt;&gt; CURRENTLY IN SURGERY. &gt;&gt; Reporter: AND WHAT TIME DID THAT GET UNDERWAY. &gt;&gt; AN HOUR OR SO AGO MAYBE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: YOU SAY HE'S YOU KNOW CRITICAL CONDITION? &gt;&gt; I'M NOT ABLE TO SAY. UNABLE TO SPEAK TO HIS CONDITION. &gt;&gt; Reporter: [INAUDIBLE] &gt;&gt; WE WILL BE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THANK YOU, SIR. &gt;&gt; DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES HERE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. YOU ALL BE SAFE. &gt;&gt; GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM LENA TILLETT. YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO A LIVE NEWS CONFERENCE FROM THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF, GERALD BAKER, AS WELL AS THE RALEIGH POLICE CHIEF, CASSANDRA DECK- BROWN, AS WELL AS EMS AND WAKE MED HOSPITAL OFFICIALS TALKING ABOUT THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WHO WAS SHOT AS THEY WERE SERVING A CIVIL PROCESS AT THE OLD RIVER BIRCH APARTMENTS ON OLD WAKE FOREST ROAD. THIS IS A VETERAN OFFICER. WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION DURING THIS NEWS CONFERENCE INCLUDING THE CONDITION OF THE OFFICER AND THAT DEPUTY'S NAME. HIS NAME IS SERGEANT RONALD WALLER. CHIEF BAKER -- OR SHERIFF BAKER, I SHOULD SAY, SAID THAT HE IS A VETERAN OFFICER, THAT HE WORKS IN SERVING THESE TYPE OF CIVIL PROCESSES, CONFIRM WAG WRAL REPORTED A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, THAT HE WAS SERVING AN EVICTION NOTICE AT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX WHEN THE SUSPECT CAME OUT AND SHOT THAT DEPUTY TWO TIMES. THAT DEPUTY WAS THEN RESCUED BY RALEIGH POLICE OFFICERS, PUT IN A PATROL VEHICLES MET BY AN AMBULANCE, PUT FROM THAT PATROL VEHICLE INTO AN AMBULANCE AND TAKEN TO WAKE MED. WE'RE TOLD THAT DEPUTY IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT THIS TIME. NOTABLE DURING THIS NEWS CONFERENCE, SHERIFF BAKER BECOMING EMOTIONAL TALKING ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE, ECHOING WHAT ERIC CURRY THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WITH THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, JUST HOW EMOTIONAL THEY ARE AT THE FACT THAT OFFICERS CAME TO THIS DEPUTY'S RESCUE. SUCH AN EMOTIONAL SCENE. WANTING TO KNOW THAT THIS DEPUTY IS GOING TO BE OKAY. AGAIN, THAT DEPUTY CURRENTLY RECOVERING. SERGEANT RONALD WALLER. WE HAVE LEARNED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN THIS CASE AS WELL, IDENTIFIED AS 32-YEAR-OLD EDDY CRAIG, NOW IN CUSTODY. RALEIGH POLICE ARRESTING THAT PERSON. THIS MAN, EDDY CRAIG, AGAIN, BEING SERVED AN EVICTION NOTICE AT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX WHEN HE, ACCORDING TO POLICE, OPENED FIRE WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF. A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION COMING OUT OF THIS NEWS CONFERENCE. OBVIOUSLY TOP OF MIND FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS NEWS CONFERENCE IS THE CONDITION OF THAT DEPUTY. WILL THAT DEPUTY BE OKAY, SERGEANT WALLER. WE'RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. A VERY EMOTIONAL SCENE THIS MORNING. THIS IS A STORY THAT WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF. WE ARE WORKING TO DIG INTO WHO THIS INDIVIDUAL, 32-YEAR-OLD EDDY CRAIG. DOES HE HAVE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, DOES HE HAVE A HISTORY OF CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE. WE ARE WORKING TO GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. MAKE SURE YOU WATCH WRAL AT 4:00. ALSO, WE ARE GETTING THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, WRAL.COM. AND OUR NEWS APP. CERTAINLY HERE AT WRAL OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH SERGEANT WALLER'S FAMILY. WE HOPE THAT HE RECOVERS AND COMES OUT OKAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. &gt;&gt; WE NOW RETURN YOU TO REGULAR</p>

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