Man shot and killed near Cary identified. Search for the suspect continues.
A man shot and killed near Cary last Saturday evening, and the suspect is believed to be on the run.
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Patrick A. McNeil, 35, on Tuesday.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to shots fired at a home the 8800 block of Holly Springs Road, near the southern part of the town and west of Apex.
Deputies arrived and found McNeil wounded by gunfire, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The shooting remains under investigation, and is believed to not have been random, the Sheriff’s Office said. No suspect has been detained yet.
Shootings are rare in Cary, with the last fatal shooting there reported on July 2 this year. William Jameson-Reece Atkins, 29, of Cary, was charged with murder, The News & Observer reported.
Hours after Saturday evening’s shooting near Cary, the Sheriff’s Office responded to another shooting in the southeastern outskirts of Raleigh.
Officers located a man with a non-fatal gunshot wound at approximately 11:35 p.m., in the 6000 block of Gamble Drive near Raleigh.
He was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun now list the Triangle’s most recent homicides online every week, updated on Mondays.
This story was originally published November 5, 2023 at 3:26 PM.
