Crime

1 dead, 1 wounded after shots fired on Poole Road. Shootings up this year in Raleigh.

A Raleigh man was fatally shot on Poole Road, dying after the attack that also wounded a second man, police said in a news release Thursday.

Ondrick Lymell Cromartie, 24, died from his injuries in the 1900 block shooting, according to the release.

Timothy Aaron Jordan, 18, is recovering from a non-life-threatening wound., the release stated.

The shooting drew police to the scene just before 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Through September, Raleigh police had recorded 73 people shot in 63 incidents in the city this year.

That was up from 65 people shot in 56 incidents at the same point last year.

Wednesday’s shooting is at least the second fatal shooting on Poole Road in Raleigh this year.

In July, officers arrested Sedrick Maxwell Baker, 38, on murder charges in the June 27 killing of Terrence Jermaine Broils.

That shooting happened four blocks away.

Anyone with information is asked to call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at (919) 834-HELP or visit raleighcrimestoppers.org for text and email reporting options.

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This story was originally published November 12, 2020 at 9:11 AM.

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