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WakeMed Police Officer Killed On Duty in Raleigh, Raleigh NC

Homicide

Reported: 11/8/2025 12:48 PM

Near New Bern Ave, Raleigh, NC 27610

A WakeMed Police Department officer was killed while on duty in Raleigh. The incident led to the closure of I-40 and New Bern Avenue for an ambulance escort. The suspect was taken into custody following the event. The officer was recognized as a great person and part of the fully sworn WakeMed police force.

Audio|Source: Carolina 440 System, K4JDR 441.725 MHz - Raleigh

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Transcript:

00:00

You're probably not watching the news speeds from down there if you're in Wilmington, but all-of-way County public safety is in morning today.

00:07

If you're aware of what happened in the news.

00:12

Yeah, I did find out about that.

00:15

Somebody texted me.

00:16

And at that time didn't know,

00:19

you know, the details, but I have since got online and looked and I saw where it was a fatality.

00:26

So,

00:27

and I guess it was Raleigh PD, is that right?

00:34

Negative. Wake Med PD, their officer in the lobby.

00:37

I knew him.

00:38

Not well, but I knew him.

00:39

He was a great guy.

00:40

And he sat in the lobby.

00:42

It was Wake Med PD.

00:47

Okay. I didn't know if he used to work at Raleigh PD and maybe he was working there part-time or something.

00:55

I didn't. I kind of got a glimpse of something and for some reason I thought it might have been RPD.

01:01

Yes.

01:03

Yes. I understand the person was in custody, whatever the heck happened.

01:11

Yeah,

01:12

traumatic arrest, but yeah, he was Wake Met PD.

01:16

They're fully sworn officers, you know, they're accompanied police, so they've got their own police force, but it was a Wakemet officer.

01:22

Yeah,

01:23

they shut down I-40 and Newburn Avenue, Highway Patrol and S-O and RPD and escorted the ambulance.

01:30

But anyway, it's just been a, you know, a tough day.

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Near New Bern Ave, Raleigh, NC 27610

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