Hoke County home invasion victim shares video of the crime
DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF THE
OTHER 2 INTRUDERS. AND TONIGHT
WE'RE GETTING A FIRST LOOK AT
SECURITY FOOTAGE OF A HOME
INVASION IN HOKE COUNTY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY 3 SUSPECTS
ARE STILL ON THE RUN TONIGHT
WRAL'S LAURA LEVINE SPEAKS WITH
THE VICTIM WHO WAS BEATEN WITH
A GUN.
>> WHOLE THIS IS A LOOK INSIDE
THE KITCHEN OF 2 GRAY HEAD IN
AND HIS MOTHER'S HOME AS
INTRUDERS DRESSED IN ALL BLACK
ARE SEEN ON RING SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO GRABBING HIM. IT WAS
SCARY. IT WAS. I'VE NEVER BEEN
THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMETHING OUT
OF A MOVIE THAT YOU ARE
WATCHING TV AT THE HOME ON LOOP
ROAD. BUT THIS WAS NO MOVIE
SCENE. IT WAS THEIR REALITY
SHOOTERS. SOMEBODY OUTSIDE THIS
TOOK THE LIFE THAT MOST I
DIDN'T COME HOME.
>> SO WHEN I CAME OUT THE
BEDROOM, THEY KNOCKED ON THE
DOOR.
WALKING WHAT A GOOD HEAD IN
TELLS ME 3 MORE PEOPLE CAME IN
AND RANSACKED THE HOUSE,
POINTING GUNS AT HIM AND HIS
MOTHER WHO HAS ALZHEIMER'S.
YOU CAN HEAR HER SHOUTING WITH
POINTED A GUN AT MY MOM AND
I JUMPED IN FRONT OF HER AND
WAS SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO HURT
>> MEGA HIT IN THE BACK OF AID
AND THAT'S WHEN I PHONED THE
>> HE SAYS HE PLEADED WITH
THEM, TELLING THEM THEY HAD THE
WRONG HOUSE, THE WRONG TRIED TO
DRAG ME OUT THE DOOR. IT WAS
TRYING TO GET ME IN THE CAR TO
GO WITH THEM. BUT I WAS HOLDING
ON TO MY CERTAIN AND IT WAS
A HAM ABOUT THE DOOR AND I WAS
TRYING TO GRAB SOMETHING.
>> WAS A SONOGRAM, BIG DELIVERY
GOAL. BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THERE.
THEY TOOK OFF IN HIS CAR.
THE WHOLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS THE SUSPECTS FIRED
SHOTS AT DEPUTIES AS THEY TRIED
TO STOP THE FLEEING CAR WHEN
RESPONDING TO THE SCENE AFTER
SHOOTING AN ISSUE THAT PEOPLE
MY PEOPLE FOR THE CAR WAS FOUND
LATER ABANDONED NEAR PURVIS
COURT AND RAYFORD OCTAVIUS
PURCELL WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED
NOW FACING A SLEW OF CHARGES
INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER
SHOOTING INTO AN OCCUPIED
VEHICLE, FIRST-DEGREE ROBBERY
TO LIST A FEW WITH 3 OTHER
SUSPECTS. STILL ON THE RUN HEAD
AND SAYS ITS NERVE WRECKING
TO THINK THIS COULD HAPPEN TO
GET THIS BABY DRILL ALERT THAT
THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
>> THERE IS THE BAY HERE, BUT
I'M GLAD I'M HERE.
>> LAURA LEVINE, WRAL NEWS AND
HOKE COUNTY.
>> HOW THEY HAD TO BE SO
FRIGHTENING FOR THE FAMILY HEAD
WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL
LATER FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER BEING
TREATED FOR A TO HIS HEAD THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THEY HAVE