911 calls at Crabtree Valley show panic on Black Friday

Raleigh police said no shots were fired at Crabtree Valley Mall, but they are working to determine the source of the sound that caused Black Friday shoppers to panic and run out of the mall in the midst of a pro-Palestine protest.
Posted 11/30/2023, 6:32:00 PM Updated 11/30/2023, 6:58:08 PM

RELEASED THE MAN'S IDENTITY.

NO WORD YET ON WHO ATTACKED

HIM. SCARY MOMENTS FOR SHOPPERS

AT CRABTREE VALLEY MALL LAST

FRIDAY. RALEIGH POLICE SAY

THERE WERE PRO-PALESTINIAN

PROTESTERS AT THE MALL WHEN THE

REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED CAME IN

AND WE'RE HEARING THE 9-1-1

CALLS FROM SCARED SHOPPERS,

MICHELLE MACKONOCHIE JOINS US

NOW WITH THAT. THE SHOP.

YEAH, WE'RE IN A POOL IN

RALEIGH. POLICE SAID THAT NO

SHOTS WERE FIRED AT CRABTREE

VALLEY MALL LAST WEEK. BUT WORD

SPREAD VERY QUICKLY THAT THERE

WERE SHOTS FIRED, WHICH CAUSED

SHOPPERS TO PANIC. NEWLY

RELEASED 9-1-1, CALLS FOR

GIVING US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT

IT WAS LIKE INSIDE THE MALL

AT THE TIME.

>> ONE CALLER TELLS 9-1-1

OPERATOR. SHE DOESN'T KNOW

WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT A LOT OF

PEOPLE ARE RUNNING. BUT AFTER

A FEW MINUTES OF CHATTING BACK

AND FORTH WITH MALL SECURITY

AND THAT OPERATOR, SHE LEARNED

FROM A STORE MANAGER. NO SHOTS

HAVE BEEN FIRED.

>> WELL, WHOEVER WON FREEMEN

AND RUNNING AND THEIR LOWER

LEVEL GUNSHOT THAN THAT.

THEY GOT IT RIGHT THERE WITH

A GUNSHOT.

>> YEAH, THERE WAS A PROTEST.

THAT'S WHAT THE BAR MANAGER OF

THE STORE TO PAY. THAT IS THAT

EVERYTHING IS OKAY BUT OFF DUTY

OR BE IS THERE? YEAH, THEY ARE.

THEY INDIVIDUAL OUT OF THE

BOTTOM OF THE LEVEL LONG.

OKAY. ALL OF ALL OF THE

RESPONDING OFFICERS KNELT.

>> AND SOMEONE ALSO SHARED A

VIDEO FROM PROTESTERS AND TOLD

US THAT THE SOURCE OF THAT LOUD

SOUND CAME FROM ONE PROTESTERS

DROPPED A HUGE SCROLL FROM THE

SECOND FLOOR OF THE MALL TO

THE FIRST FLOOR. NOW, THE

QUESTION MAY HAVE MANY HAVE

STILL IS WILL ANY CHARGES BE

FILED? WE SPOKE TO A PROFESSOR

OF LAW AT NC CENTRAL AND THEY

SAID THERE IS PROOF UNTIL

THERE'S PROOF THAT THE PROTESTS

IS CONNECTED TO ALL OF THAT

PANIC. IT WILL BE VERY

DIFFICULT TO FILE ANY CHARGES.