Four shot in Raleigh Sunday night; three in sports bar cited for COVID-19 violations

Four people were shot in two incidents in Raleigh Sunday night, three of them at a bar where the owner was cited for exceeding COVID-19 limits on crowds.

Just after midnight Monday, officers responded to a shooting at The Rose Bar on East Millbrook Road, where they found three victims with non-life-threatening injuries. Two of the victims were taken to WakeMed and a third was a walk-in patient at Duke Raleigh Hospital.

Under the state’s Phase 3 restrictions, the outdoor seating sections for bars can be open with reduced capacity sizes. Bars’ indoor space remains closed. Restaurants remain open, also with limited seating.

According to its Facebook page, The Rose Bar has a full kitchen and was advertising live dancing Sunday with booth seating nearly sold out.

Earlier Sunday night, police investigated reports of shots fired into a car on the 9000 block of Glenwood Avenue. They found a wounded man on the scene who was taken to WakeMed for non-life-threatening injuries.

Also, a fifth person was reported shot but not seriously hurt on Appliance Court in Raleigh, where police responded just after midnight Saturday.

Raleigh had 63 reported shootings, with 73 people injured, through September, according to statistics provided by the Police Department That was up from 56 shootings with 65 people injured by the same time last year.

As of Monday morning, police had not reported any arrests or suspects in this weekend’s shootings.

Police ask anyone with information to call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at 919-834-HELP or to go to raleighcrimestoppers.org for text and email reporting options. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for anonymous tips that help solve cases.

This story was originally published November 30, 2020 at 8:24 AM.