One dead in fatal northeast Raleigh shooting; police arrest 18-year-old suspect

Police have arrested a suspect after a 20-year-old Raleigh man was shot and killed late Tuesday near a group of mailboxes at an apartment complex in northeast Raleigh.

Cresyan Tyrek Scurlock, 18, was arrested and charged with murder. He also faces robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon charges, Raleigh police said in a news release Wednesday night.

Records showed that Scurlock was arrested late Wednesday morninbg at his home on Dolle Court.

“I need an ambulance,” a woman told a 911 dispatcher at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. “Two people are shooting. Please hurry up. There are people getting shot out here.”

When police and paramedics arrived they found Taheem Ivory Lassiter wounded in the 4900 block of Peeble Beach Drive. Emergency workers rushed Lassiter to WakeMed hospital, where he later died, said Laura Hourigan, a police spokeswoman.

The 911 caller, whose name was not made public, told the dispatcher that she heard at least two shots. She said she did not see the shooting, but heard a car speed away before it returned to the apartment complex and more gunshots rang out.

“Somebody is screaming, ‘Oh my God,’” the 911 caller said.

Lassiter lived in the same block where he was wounded, according to police records.

Reports of gunfire are not uncommon at the apartment complex.

Police are urging anyone with information that might assist in the investigation to call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at 919-834-HELP (4357) or visit raleighcrimestoppers.org for text and email reporting options. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for anonymous tips that help solve cases.

Staff writer Ron Gallagher contributed to this report.

This story was originally published August 2, 2017 at 5:57 AM with the headline "One dead in fatal northeast Raleigh shooting; police arrest 18-year-old suspect."