New details about who was found, ken . Linda, let me set the scene for you. We are in the home wood estates off of brag boulevard. The police are this in the process of clearing the scene. I talked to a neighbor who talked with the police and the police are telling neighbors tonight that they dont believe any foul play was involved in the death of two women found in a mobile home park. The police are te neighbors that the bodies were found in extended state of decomposition and also there are a number of pills around where they were found. Again, that is what the police are telling neighbors tonight. Lets take you back to what the scene looked like when our photographer and i arrived here earlier this evening. The crime scene tape inside a double wide mobile home in the home of the estates. The police came to the home to the two women who lived there for several days. In talking with neighbors, we are told a mother and daughter lived in the house. The daughter was disabled. At this poi
For the shooting of thomas. Candace sweat is joining us from the courthouse, candace . Reporter i spoke with the attorney for the family just a couple hours ago. He says thomass mother cried tears of joy today when she found out the news. Of course we know an indictment is not a conviction and both sides still do have a long road ahead. Reporter they say copley fired a shotgun through the garage. The shot killed a 20yearold. Two wokes later he is intighted on a period charge. The attorney for thomass family spoke with us over the phone notoday was a very a very good day. It is bittersweet. Thomasfamily spoke with us over the phone. A bittersweet day. Reporter after the shooting copley said he was protecting his family and he believed people outside had firearms. There has been no evidence showing that thomas was armed or on his property. With an impending trial he says his family is prepared for a long process if necessary. The family not be satisfied until a jury of mr. Copleys peers
Enjoy the out ties. It will be warm but not humid and sticky the way it was for several weeks in a row. Some of us have dipped in the upper 50s, 59 in henderson and roxboro and about 65 in durham and here at the station in raleigh and tarboro and rocky mount at 64 and moving south, looking at fayetteville, 70. We had a lot of sunshine yesterday, and here in the night, a little disturbance brought in a few high clouds that are drifting over central and eastern parts of North Carolina this morning and probably will thin out shortly and a lot of us will be mostly sunny at 8 00 a. M. , 67 then. And at launch time, a few fair out at 3 00, 4 00, 86 degrees and humidity, not too bad. Well have sunshine and flattened fair weather clouds from time to time. Brian will tell us whats going on out there. Thankfully, not too much, mike. We remain crash free which is good news and no other incidents to report. You will notice around clayton bypass getting busy there and erall, not seeing significant,
Mikaya thurmond joins us outside the courthouse with more. Reporter bill and lena, investigators have called this one of the most disturbing crime scenes they have ever come across. The murders happened in 2005. The four were shot execution style in the upstairs bedroom of a townhome. Two others were hurt when they jumped out of a window. Authority says 3 lee three suspects were seen the home. Roderick duncan is the only person arrested, already serving eight years in federal prison for drug charges. This afternoon, duncan is expected to take responsibility for the quadruple murder. Wral will follow the case and bring you the latest updates in our afternoon newscast. Lena and bill . Mikaya thurmond, thank you. Indicted on a murder charge. Chad copely will face a jury for the august 7 shooting death of kouren thomas. Copely called 911 and said he was, quote, locks and loaded and ready to secure the neighbor because a group was outside robbing the neighborhood. He believed that people ou
Candace sweat joins us with more. Reporter it is a fluid situation. Changing by minute, hour by hour, we just, a few minutes ago, learned the identities of the people involved. We now know the victim is 24 yearold jaquin terry. The two officers one have been on the force since since 2009. It was berslin that sustained the gunshot to the leg. The officers responded to a call that a man had a gun at donald ross drive. We have, as you mentioned, obtained that Police Scanner traffic that gives us insight into what happened the moments that the shots rang out. Send multiple units, 311, backyard, sir, put the gun down, put the gun down, bro. You can hear the urgency in his voice and moments later you hear a call for medical assistance. I have an officer injuried in the leg. We have the suspect covered, still with his hand on the handgun. Again, that information coming in just a few moments ago so for a lot of us this is sound, you can hear the urgency in the officers voices. It paints a bit