The victim is 15 and the suspect is a 22-year-old felon in possession of a handgun, amazing.
At least WRAL will highlight the actual increase in numbers from 2019, but listed the variable as COVID 
“crime has gone up 51% since last year and up 74% from the same period in 2019 before COVID.”
Why did this guy get a bond? I don’t know much about bail bonds, but it seems like it’s possible to make a $1 million bond. Dangerous people like this should not get a bond.
Adding in article that mentions the bond. Really poor work on the law system.
I don’t get it either, but there’s a whole fake social justice movement that thinks everyone should get bailed out, and easily, because they’re innocent until proven guilty. I’m not part of that group. I think these monsters should be in jail from the moment they’re arrested until they are too old to reoffend. Way too many serious violent crimes being committed by repeat offenders.
You only need to pay 10% of the bail but in this case it is a lot of money ($100k) but that’s a deed to a house or someone’s investment fund, etc. It all comes down to what happens in court when it comes to justice.
Creating a better sense of the place in crime ridden areas is the first step that planners need to take.
Frustrating and disturbing to see this happening on a weekday morning right downtown
FYI it is being reported that this was self inflicted. Obviously still disturbing.
Less frustrating, more very sad
Hi everyone,
Thought that I would share. Although I wasn’t sure exactly where it should go or if anyone has seen this survey regarding DTR? 
In an effort to foster a safe and vibrant downtown, the Raleigh Police Department (RPD) has deployed myriad strategies to mitigate criminal activity occurring throughout the central business district. As a complement to these efforts, staff representing a variety of City departments, working in partnership with the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, have taken a number of actions to enhance the public realm in the downtown area.
Staff will provide Council with an update on RPD’s recent efforts to address crime in downtown and will also share updates on the progress made to enhance the public realm.
During the city council meeting last week, there was an overall update on downtown Raleigh. Primarily, it was about Fayetteville Street and safety at GoRaleigh Station. Here’s what I heard that has taken place or coming very soon.
Overall, things seem to be heading in the right direction. For Glenwood south, RPD seems happy with the way things are going and they like their current strategy. Seems we’re back to addressing noise issues rather than violent crime issues. I see that as a great indicator.
Longer term, I saw that it would be Winter 2026 for the Fayetteville Street Streetscape plan “adoption” which I take it to mean this is when the plan will exist. I take it after that, they need to identify funding. As I get more experience seeing how the city works, I could predict the following:
Then who knows. If I’m a betting person, I would HOPE they could complete the Fayetteville Street makeover (whatever this looks like) when the Omni Hotel / Convention Center Expansion / Red Hat all are open.
Time travel!
In all seriousness, since I live around the area, the police have been doing an awesome job through the winter. I’m afraid the DGX closing plays a huge role in a lot of these statistics. They were a huge source of property crime in the area.
The warm months are usually the biggest test for the police force. I’ll be looking forward to seeing how they do.