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A man and woman, both attorneys, were shot in downtown Raleigh Friday morning near the old Wake County Courthouse, police said.Â
Raleigh Chief of Police Rico Boyce said the attorneys and the alleged shooter were in the same courtroom Friday morning.Â
“The suspect became beligerent in court,” Boyce said.
After the suspect left the courthouse, Boyce said, she returned to her car, got a handgun and shot at the attorneys as they exited the building.
Police have not released the names of any of the people involved.
It was not immediately clear what case the attorneys were trying before they were shot.
Boyce said he thought it was a civil matter.
Chaos outside downtown Raleigh courthouse
On Broadcastify radio traffic, first responders could be heard describing a pair of victims with multiple gunshot wounds. Police said the female victim was taken into surgery and the male victim was in stable condition.
Boyce said his officers would work with the families of victims to get them all the information they needed about what happened.
A witness told WRAL News that he saw the shooting take place in an alley between the Wake County Courthouse and the federal building.
A man who had been inside the courthouse said he heard the gunshots.
The witness told WRAL News that people inside the courthouse were startled and looked out the windows when the shots rang out.
“We were sitting in court and then all you hear is a bunch of sirens and ambulances and a bunch of ruckus going around through the courtroom. It was wild,” he said.
That man said he saw a woman lying on the ground when he got outside.
“It happened in the alley,” he said. “Then police came, the ambulance came.”
Another person told WRAL they were exercising at a gym nearby when shots rang out.
“It’s a crazy world, you have to be aware of your surroundings,” that person said. “I’m hoping those who got shot survived. God bless them.”
Shooting investigation paralyzes downtown Raleigh
Other buildings in the area tightened security after the shooting, allowing only those with identification inside.
People in downtown Raleigh were trapped because the police investigation blocked their access to their cars.
Martin Street, between Fayetteville and Salisbury streets, was blocked to traffic as police investigated.
“This area will be locked down for quite a while while we investigate this,” Boyce said.
The courthouse was briefly locked down but had re-opened for business by noon. Boyce said both old and new courthouses would close for the day at 1 p.m.Â
