Zebulon police find body of missing Raleigh man in Weaver's Pond
COUNTY OR THE STATE. FOR NOW
REPORTING IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH,
JULIAN GRACE, WRAL NEWS.
THE WEEKLONG SEARCH FOR KAREEM
SHABAZZ OF RALLY ENDED THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> POLICE CONFIRMED HIS BODY
WAS FOUND IN WEAVER'S POND IN
RALEIGH OR OTHER IN ZEBULON.
AARON THOMAS IS LIVE IN ZEBULON
AT THE POND AT THE SPENDING
HOURS ON THE SCENE TODAY.
AARON, WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS
SAYING ABOUT HIS DEATH?
>> INTRO TO THIS POINT.
INVESTIGATORS DON'T SUSPECT
ANY FOUL PLAY IN THE SITUATION
BEHIND US. WE SAW CREWS THEY
WERE DRAINING THIS A RETENTION
POND FOR HOURS. IT'S A FOCAL
POINT CONSIDERING A NEIGHBOR
FOUND HER BOSSES BODY HERE
RESPONSIVE.
>> IN THE MIDST OF A PARTISAN
VEHICLES AND CRIME SCENE TAPE.
OUR NEIGHBORS DISTURBED OVER
THE BODY OF A MISSING MAN FOUND
AND THEIR COMMUNITY JUST THINK
IT'S BIZARRE THAT HE WOULD BE
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE DAY. ALICE DO FLIPS STEPS
AWAY FROM WEAVER'S POND WHERE
THIS MAN, KAREEM SHABAZZ, WAS
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE. HE HAD BEEN
MISSING SINCE LAST TUESDAY,
DOING CAR DETAILING WORK IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THINK IT'S PRETTY
BIZARRE THAT HE WOULD THESE OUT
HERE FOR 6 DAYS AND NOBODY KNEW
ANYTHING TRANSPORTERS FROM THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
REMOVED HIS BODY FROM THE SCENE
TO LATER INVESTIGATES ABBAS'S
CAUSE OF DEATH.
>> TOWN OF ZEBULON SPOKESMAN
CALEB HARTMAN EXPLAINS WHY
DRAINING THE POND AFTER FINDING
THE BODY IS A NECESSARY STEP.
>> THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO
SEARCH FOR THE MISSING EVIDENCE
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN
THERE. SO THEY WILL COMPLETELY
DRAINED THE POND AND THAT
OFFICERS WILL GO IN AND JUST DO
A FULL SWEEP TO SEE IF THEY CAN
FIND ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE
RELEVANT TO THIS CASE. A CASE
COMING TO A CLOSE.
>> BELIEVING SOME NEIGHBORS
WITH A SENSE OF CURIOSITY AFTER
A SHOCKING DISCOVERY. I DO FEEL
LIKE IT'S AN ISOLATED
SITUATION, BUT THAT'S JUST ME
PERSONALLY KNOW. A LOT OF
PEOPLE DO HAVE FEARS,
ESPECIALLY WE ALL WALK EAST
TRAILS BACK HERE.
>> IN LATE TONIGHT AND 7 POLICE
SAID THAT THERE'S NO REASON TO
BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY DANGER
TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY WILL
HAVE AN INCREASED POLICE
PRESENCE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD