Warrants: 'Shoot To Kill' gang operating in Wake and Durham counties, leader indicted

Donta Bush Jr. has been indicted on five federal charges. The FBI and Raleigh Police Department have linked Bush to crimes dating back to 2019.
Posted 6/24/2024, 11:55:44 PM Updated 6/25/2024, 12:58:08 AM

LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT CRASH.

NO WORD YET ON ANY INJURIES.

>> SHOOT TO KILL NEW FEDERAL

WARRANTS. ONLY WRAL

INVESTIGATES OBTAINED SHOW.

THAT'S THE NAME OF A GANG

CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE CRIMES IN

WAKE. AND DURHAM COUNTIES.

>> MORE THAN 50 PAGES OF THIS

WAR UNTIL THE GAME IS ACCUSED

OF MURDER ROBBERIES AND

ASSAULTS, RALEIGH POLICE AND

THE FBI HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING

THIS CASE SINCE 2020 CHELSEA

DONOVAN WENT THROUGH ALL THE

DOCUMENTS AND SHE JOINS US LIVE

FROM THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE

IN RALEIGH. CHELSEA, WHAT ELSE

ARE WE LEARNING FROM THESE

DOCKETS?

>> GERALD, THESE FEDERAL

WARRANTS, NOT ONLY ARE FOR THE

SUSPECTED GANG MEMBERS PHONE,

BUT THEY HIGHLIGHT A DEADLY

HISTORY OF THE STK GANG.

NOT ONLY HERE IN WAKE COUNTY,

BUT ALL ACROSS THE NATION WITH

CRIMES HERE IN WAKE COUNTY

DATING BACK 6 YEARS. THIS IS

24 YEAR-OLD DEONTA BUSH 4 DAYS

AGO, BUSH WHO LIVES IN WAKE

COUNTY WAS INDICTED ON 5

FEDERAL CHARGES. THE FBI IN

RALEIGH, POLICE BELIEVE BUSH IS

IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH THE

STK GANG OR SHOOT TO KILL.

THE FBI SAYS HE AND OTHERS HAVE

BEEN COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIMES,

INCLUDING MURDER.

>> DATING BACK TO AT LEAST 2019

RALEIGH POLICE AND THE FBI

STATE AS A RESULT OF THIS

ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE

STK GANG, MANY OF THOSE

IDENTIFIED HAVE BEEN ARRESTED

AND CHARGED FOR CRIMES,

INCLUDING FIREARMS VIOLATIONS,

FEDERAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION

VIOLATIONS, ARMED ROBBERY,

SHOOTINGS AND MURDER. BUSH IS

CURRENTLY IN JAIL UNDER A

FEDERAL HOLD. BUSH WAS RECENTLY

INDICTED ON A KIDNAPPING CHARGE

THAT HAPPENED IN RALEIGH IN

JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

>> WARTS STATE, THE VICTIM WAS

FORCED INTO ONE OF THE SUSPECT

VEHICLES AT GUNPOINT AND

TRANSPORTED TO WIND DOWN THE

SUSPECTS BOUND THE VICTIMS,

HANDS AND FEET WITH DUCT TAPE

AND PLACED A PLASTIC BAG OVER

HIS HEAD VICTIM. ONE WAS SHOT

IN THE HIT BY THE DRIVER AFTER

BEING SHOT. THE VICTIM

SUCCESSFULLY OPENED THE DOOR

AND JUMPED FROM THE MOVING CAR

WARRANTS. ALSO, STATE BUSH'S

GANG IS CONNECTED TO A MURDER

IN RALEIGH IN FEBRUARY OF 2021,

STEVE MARTIN WAS SHOT AND

KILLED IN RALEIGH AS A RESULT

OF AN ATTEMPTED DRUG RELATED

BURGLARY. 4 SUSPECTS, ALL

MEMBERS OF BUSH'S ORGANIZATION

WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH

THE MURDER. BUSH HAS ALSO BEEN

CHARGED IN GEORGIA FOR STEALING

A CAR AND TAKING POLICE ON A

CHASE. RALEIGH. POLICE ALSO

FOUND 7 GUNS AND 2 ASSAULT

RIFLES INSIDE A STOLEN VEHICLE.

HE WAS DRIVING.

>> AND WE SHOULD MENTION THAT

KIDNAPPING VICTIM THAT YOU

HEARD ABOUT AND THAT INDICTMENT

DID ULTIMATELY SURVIVE. WE ALSO

KNOW THAT BUSH WAS RECENTLY

CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A

STOLEN VEHICLE BY RALEIGH