911 call details moments after armed robbers shot, killed Mebane man
FIND OUT WHAT THIS SHOOTING
STEMMED FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE
ENOUGH. AARON THOMAS LIVE FOR
US IN RALEIGH. THANK YOU.
NEW TONIGHT, CHILLING 9-1-1.
CALL SHOW US WHAT HAPPENED
DURING AN ARMED ROBBERY IN
MEBANE ON SUNDAY HAPPENED ON
HIGHWAY 70 NEAR THE BUCKHORN
ROAD INTERSECTION WRAL'S CARLY
HAYNES IS SHARING WHAT A
RESIDENT DESCRIBED OVER THE
PHONE MOMENTS AFTER THAT
SHOOTING.
>> THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS 3 PEOPLE WERE
INSIDE THE HOME AT THE TIME,
INCLUDING THE SHOOTING VICTIM
AND THEIR SIBLING, WHO CALLED
9-1-1.
>> THE 9-1-1 CALL COMING IN
SECONDS AFTER A TERRIFYING
MOMENT.
>> WHEN WE WERE ON THE HOOK
FOR CORMIER JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
SUNDAY, 3 ARMED MEN BROKE INTO
A HOME IN MEBANE AND DEMANDED
MONEY
>> THAT MAN WAS LATER
IDENTIFIED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS 58 YEAR-OLD
JERRY DRIGGERS HE WAS SHOT IN
THE STOMACH AFTER FIRING AT THE
INTRUDERS IN DEFENSE. DRIGGERS
LATER DIED IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> NEAR
>> THE MET AND HOME POLICE
FOUND ONE OF THE SUSPECTS SHOT
IN THE STOMACH DURING THE
EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE WITH YOUR
HANDS UP.
>> YOU ON THE GROUND.
>> 28 YEAR-OLD CLARENCE HAYES
WAS HOSPITALIZED AND CHARGED
WITH MURDER, BURGLARY,
KIDNAPPING AND MORE. THE ORANGE
COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS RIGHT NOW
IT APPEARS THE SUSPECTS DID NOT
KNOW THE RESIDENTS BEFOREHAND.
WE FELT LIKE TO BE IN THE
BEGINNING. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A
SITUATION WHERE IT WAS A
RANDOM ACT.
>> WE AS WE BUILD LEADS, THAT
MAY CHANGE OUR MIND.
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING
TO IDENTIFY THE 2 OTHER
SUSPECTS IN THIS CASE. THEY
BELIEVE THOSE SUSPECTS LEFT THE