New: 2 teens charged with assault on state trooper

Two teenagers are in custody after a multi-county chase and assault on a State Highway Patrol trooper over the weekend.
Posted 1/29/2025, 10:07:42 PM Updated 1/30/2025, 1:58:44 AM

>> HEIDI KIRK, WRAL, NEWS LIVE

IN GOLDSBORO.

>> AND THIS IS RYAN TRADE WITH

BREAKING NEWS IN THE WRAL LIVE

CENTER. WE ARE JUST HEARING

FROM DURHAM POLICE THAT THEY

HAVE TO TEENAGERS IN CUSTODY IN

CONNECTION WITH THAT INCIDENT

OVER THE WEEKEND WHERE SHOTS

WERE FIRED AT A STATE TROOPER.

THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE WRAL

BREAKING NEWS TRACKER EARLY

THIS MORNING ABOUT 12, 30 ON

HOME IN STREET. DURHAM. POLICE

EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AND

THEY SAY THEY TOOK A 15

YEAR-OLD IN CUSTODY ALONG WITH

4 FIREARMS. THEN THIS AFTERNOON

AROUND 1 O'CLOCK, DURHAM,

POLICE SAY THEY EXECUTED A

SEARCH ON MAIN STREET AND

THAT'S WHERE THEY TOOK A 14

YEAR-OLD INTO CUSTODY. AND

THOSE 2 NOW FACE SEVERAL

CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THAT

ASSAULT ON A STATE TROOPER IN

CHAPEL HILL THAT HAPPENED ON

SATURDAY. ONE OF THOSE CHARGES

INCLUDES ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE

MURDER. THEY SAY THAT THE

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AND

FURTHER CHARGES ARE PENDING.

WE DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT

LAST NIGHT AS BREAKING NEWS, WE

TALKED ABOUT AT CHASE AND

SEARCH FOR SUSPECTS IN

CONNECTION WITH ALL THIS.

THEY TOOK ONE PERSON INTO

CUSTODY AND NOW DURHAM POLICE

SAY THAT PERSON HAS NOTHING

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