Raleigh police respond to fight with gunshots that injured 3 at Big Ed’s restaurant
Raleigh police are investigating a fight involving gunshots Sunday morning at Big Ed’s Country Cooking on Falls of Neuse Road.
The restaurant released a statement Sunday evening on Facebook, saying Big Ed’s would be closed through Tuesday for “our staff to be with loved ones and to rest.”
The restaurant’s leadership “will do all that it can to care for its team,” they said, and post additional updates on social media.
“Big Ed’s North gives its heartfelt thanks to Raleigh Police Department, Wake County EMS, and Raleigh Fire Department,” the restaurant said in the statement.
“We extend our sincerest appreciation — and deepest concern — to our customers. We hold you in our hearts today. We love you and appreciate all that you do for our restaurant,” they said.
Police responded to the call about a fight in progress at the Southern restaurant in Quail Corners shopping center around 11:49 a.m. Sunday, they said in a news release.
Police officers arrived to find two people with non-life-threatening injuries, and a third person who had been grazed by a bullet, they said. All three were transported to a local hospital for treatment of their injuries, police said.
There is no active public threat, they said, but police investigators remain on the scene “collecting evidence and determining the circumstances surrounding this incident.”
Monday, Raleigh police said they had arrested and charged two men in the shooting: Jermaine Mitchell, 51, and Alexander Barnes, 23.
Barnes is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicting serious injury, discharging a firearm in city limits and three counts of assault on a female, according to court records.
Mitchell is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
They live on the same block of Polanski Drive in Wake Forest, their arrest warrants show.
Anyone with information about the shooting can call the Raleigh Police Department at 919-996-3335 or submit a tip to Crimestoppers at raleighcrimestoppers.org.
Click “Leave a Tip” on the top right of the page to access the form.
This story was originally published May 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM.
