Man killed in apparent domestic double shooting in Wake County
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- Wake County deputies found 28-year-old Kristopher Cruz dead from a gunshot wound.
- A woman suffered life-threatening gunshot injuries and was hospitalized.
- Dispatch recordings indicate the shooting may have been a domestic incident.
A man is dead and a woman was seriously injured in a shooting Thursday that dispatch records indicate may have been a domestic-violence situation.
Kristopher Cruz, 28, was found dead from a gunshot wound at a home in the 1200 block of Damascus Drive near Wendell on Thursday morning, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office said. A woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries from a gunshot wound. Her name was not released.
Dispatch records indicate someone called 911 just before 9 a.m. and could be heard loudly arguing with another person. The shootings apparently occurred while the caller was still on the phone with 911.
“Possibly a domestic where a subject may have shot another,” a dispatcher radioed. “We also had a call from the neighbor ... reporting [the] same.”
The woman was apparently shot in the shoulder, according to dispatch recordings, which also referred to the dead man as the “suspect” in the incident.
“While no one is in custody at this time, there is no active search for a suspect,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 919-856-6911.
