Woman dies after overnight shooting in Raleigh, the city’s 2nd homicide in 2 days
A woman shot early Friday died from her injuries, the city’s second homicide victim in two days.
Police officers responding to a call found Maya Elaine Rogers, 25, shot on Atlantic Springs Road around 12:53 a.m., the Raleigh Police Department said in a news release.
She was taken to WakeMed, where she died.
Christopher Deandre Gregg, 20, has been charged with murder and Daron Fitzgerald Pouncy, 22, has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder and possession of firearm by a felon.
On Thursday, police said one of two men shot the previous afternoon had died.
Ondrick Lymell Cromartie, 24, was fatally shot on Poole Road around 2:48 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release.
A second man, Timothy Aaron Jordan, 18, sustained a non-life-threatening wound, the release stated.
Police have not announced any arrests or suspects in either shooting.
Shootings up in Raleigh this year
As of Oct. 2, there had been 22 homicides in Raleigh, two more than by the same time last year, police spokesperson Donna-maria Harris wrote in an email.
Through September, 73 people had been non-fatally shot this year in Raleigh, according to data from the Police Department. That was up from 65 non-fatal shootings by the same time last year.
The Police Department asks anyone with information in these cases to call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at (919) 834-HELP or visit raleighcrimestoppers.org.
This story was originally published November 13, 2020 at 3:34 PM.