4 juveniles to face charges in deadly shooting of Hillside High School student

Juvenile petitions were filed for four juveniles in connection to the Feb. 8 homicide that happened on Riddle Road near Fayetteville Street. WRAL News spoke with the mother of one of the victims of the shooting Wednesday night.
Posted 7/26/2023, 9:27:00 PM Updated 7/27/2023, 3:42:15 AM

LEANED ON HIS INSTINCTS AND HIS

EXPERIENCE.

>> NEW TONIGHT, A GRIEVING

MOTHER IN DURHAM IS WEIGHING IN

ON NEW CHARGES FILED AGAINST

4 TEENAGERS. POLICE SAY ARE

CONNECTED TO SHOOTING AND

KILLING HER SON IN FEBRUARY.

17 YEAR-OLD ANTHONY FEASTER WAS

SHOT AND KILLED NEAR THE

AMERICAN TOBACCO TRAIL. NOT

FAR FROM HILLSIDE HIGH WHERE

HE WAS A STUDENT.

>> WRAL'S AARON THOMAS IS IN

DURHAM WITH THE MOTHER'S

REACTION ON WHERE THAT

INVESTIGATION STANDS AIR.

AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW

SHE'S FEELING TONIGHT.

YEAH, ANTHONY PETERS MOTHER

TELLS ME THAT SHE'S REALLY JUST

TAKING EVERYTHING DAY BY DAY.

WE REACHED OUT TO DURHAM POLICE

TO FIND OUT HOW THEY'RE

INVESTIGATING THIS CASE.

>> THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT

ABOUT THE CHARGES AGAINST THE

4 JUVENILES INVOLVED OF THE

LIST OF CHARGES. WE NOTICE THAT

NONE OF THEM ARE FACING A

MURDER CHARGE AS ANTHONY'S

MOTHER ABOUT THIS. SHE SAID

SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN

NOTHING AT ALL.

>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT

IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A

HILLSIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

AUTHORITIES HAVE FILED

PETITIONS FOR 4 JUVENILES TO

FACE CHARGES IN THE FEBRUARY

8TH. THE SHOOTING OF ANTHONY

FEASTER ON THE AMERICAN TOBACCO

TRAIL IN DURHAM.

>> WE DID TIE BY, BUT NOBODY

DESERVES NOBODY LIFE. BRIANA

WALKER CONTINUES TO GRIEVE THE

LOSS OF HER 17 YEAR-OLD SON.

SOME OF THE CHARGES LISTED BY

DURHAM. POLICE INCLUDE

POSSESSION OF HANDGUN BY A

MINOR POSSESSION OF A WEAPON

ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY AND

ROBBERY WITH A DANGEROUS

WEAPON. NONE OF THE TEENAGERS

WERE CHARGED WITH MURDER.

IF THOSE CHARGES AND WHAT THE

DEFENDANT TOLD ME ARE THE 2

OKAY WITH THAT, DURHAM, POLICE

BELIEVE FEASTER WAS BUT THE

GROUP TRYING TO ROB ANOTHER

TEENAGER. WALKER CALLS IT AN

UNFORTUNATE SITUATION FOR ALL

INVOLVED. I PRAY FOR MALL AND

THEY HAVE TO BE AWARE THE WAY.

I HOPE THAT IT'S A LESSON.

WHEN THIS ALL OF THIS, YOU

KNOW, THEY ALL OVER TO NOW THEY

HAVE A WHOLE LIFE TO LIVE.

THIS IS MY LIFE.

>> DURHAM, POLICE SAY THEY

DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY FURTHER

CHARGES AT THIS TIME. AS WALKER

TELLS ME THAT SHE DOES PLAN TO

FOLLOW THIS INVESTIGATION AS IT

CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. CHRIS, WE