Suspects in custody after downtown Raleigh shooting near courthouse
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- Raleigh police are investigating a reported shooting near the downtown courthouse.
- The shooting was reported on Fayetteville Street sometime Friday morning.
- Multiple suspects were reported in custody and police said there is no ongoing threat.
Police are investigating a shooting near the downtown courthouse, the Raleigh Police Department posted to its X account Friday morning.
Multiple suspects were in custody as of Friday morning; police didn’t specify how many.
The News & Observer is trying to confirm radio traffic that indicated two possible victims in the alley next to the Wake County Courthouse on Fayetteville Street at about 10:38 a.m. It’s unclear what the extent of their injuries were. Police radio traffic is not official confirmation of an incident.
“There is no ongoing threat to the community at this time,” the department said on X.
Two people were shot multiple times, police told ABC11 — The N&O’s newsgathering partner.
Rose Roberts of Clayton was in the courtroom at the time of the shooting because her nephew had a court case.
“The officers all went running out, so we knew something was going on,” she told The N&O.
One attorney was in the middle of a trial when she heard eight or nine shots from outside.
“It was so loud,” she said. “We were asking, ‘Is that construction? Surely it’s not gunshots. So, OK, keep going.”
By noon the courthouse was operating again, though few remained inside.
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.
This story was originally published May 22, 2026 at 11:09 AM.
