Pair return to Durham court hours after shooting outside building

Two men accused of shooting another man outside the Durham County Courthouse were in court Thursday.
Posted 4/4/2019, 4:38:00 PM Updated 4/4/2019, 10:09:07 PM

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>>> BRAZEN AND SEVERE

RECKLESSNESS, HOW SUMMARY

DESCRIBING THE SHOOTING OUTSIDE

OF THE COURTHOUSE.

TWO MEN CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING

COMING FULL CIRCLE, INSIDE THE

COURTROOM.

CATHERINE BROWN.

>>> COMMUNITY LEADERS CALLING

FOR THE END OF VIOLENCE

ADJUSTING SOLUTIONS.

SARAH KRUGER EXPLAINING.

>>> THE SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF THE

DURHAM COURTHOUSE, HAS SHOCKED

PEOPLE IN THE CITY TODAY WE

LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED

OUT HERE, AND, MORE ABOUT WHAT

COMMUNITY LEADERS HOPE TO DO TO

STOP THE VIOLENCE.

>> TWO MEN CHARGED WITH

SHOOTING MARCUS COX SHOT A

JUDGE, THE STATE ARGUING

SUCCESSFULLY THAT BOND FOR

THEM, SHOULD BE SET AT $1

MILLION EACH.

>> MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THIS

AREA, SEVERE RECKLESSNESS,

AGAIN, BUSY DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.

>> LEARNING WHY HE MIGHT HAVE

BEEN IN THE AREA THE DAY OF THE

SHOOTING.

THE PROSECUTORS SAYS HE MIGHT

HAVE BEEN IN COURT FOR OTHER

CHARGES, BUT, MISS THE

APPEARANCE.>> WE ARE HERE TO

SAY THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

>> LOCAL REVEREND CALLING FOR

AN END TO GUN VIOLENCE.

>> WE WERE NO LONGER TOLERATING,

COMPLACENCY.

>> AT THE CITY COUNCIL

WORKSTATION THE SHOOTING IS TOP

OF MIND FOR ONE COUNCILMEMBER.

>> I WANT TO GIVE VOICE TO THE

ANXIETY OF MANY OF US IN OUR

CITY.

THAT WE HAVE SUCH A BRAZEN ACT

TAKING PLACE IN FRONT OF A

PLACE THAT MANY WOULD CONSIDER

ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES IN THE

CITY.

>> MARC ANTHONY MIDDLETON

RENEWING HIS CALL FOR THE CITY

COULD TO CONSIDER PURCHASING

SHOP SPOTTER A TECHNOLOGY THAT

DETECTS GUNSHOTS, AND, NOTIFIES

THE POLICE.

>> TO SEE, JUST TO SEE, IF WE

CAN LESSEN GUN VIOLENCE IN THE

CITY.

IF WE CAN GET SOME GUNS OFF OF

THE STREET.

>> I LAST CHECKED THE AMOUNT

SHOT OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE

REMAINED HOSPITALIZED AND IN

SERIOUS CONDITION, IN COURT

TODAY WE LEARN HE WAS SHOT AT

LEAST FIVE TIMES.

SARAH KRUGER, WRAL NEWS,

DURHAM.

>>> TODAY'S OR ASK THE MAYOR

ABOUT THE SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF

THE COURTHOUSE, HE SAID IT IS

NOT WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE BUT HE

CALLED HIM A VERY SAFE CITY.

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