Woman assaulted on north Raleigh greenway; teen in custody
TO TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A NEW 9-1-1.
CALL THAT CAME IN JUST MOMENTS
AFTER A WOMAN WAS ASSAULTED
ON THE GREENWAY IN NORTH
RALEIGH TODAY.
>> POLICE SAY SHE FOUGHT OFF
A TEENAGER WHO TRYING TO ROB
HER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M GERALD O AND I'M DEBRA
MORGAN. IT HAPPENED ON THE
GREENWAY TRAIL NEAR LONGSTREET
DRIVE-IN BENT CREEK DRIVE
WRAL'S DESTINY. PATTERSON IS
LIVE THERE AFTER LISTENING TO
THE NEW 9-1-1. CALL SOMEONE
MADE FROM THE TRAIL DESTINY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, DEBORAH, IN
THAT CALL, I CAN HEAR THAT.
CALLERS SAY THAT AN OLDER WOMAN
SAID THAT THEY COULD SEE
EVERYTHING PLAY OUT THERE.
THEY SAID THAT THE VICTIM WAS
WALKING NEAR LYNN ROAD BRIDGE
AND THIS IS WHERE RALEIGH
POLICE SAY THAT WOMAN FOUGHT
OFF THAT SUSPECT IN DOING SO.
THE SUSPECT HIMSELF WAS HURT.
A NEIGHBORS AROUND HERE SAY
THAT THEY ARE JUST SHOCKED THAT
THIS HAPPENED AT ALL.
THIS TRAIL IS OFTEN A PLACE
TO ESCAPE.
>> IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO
JUST GET AWAY FROM THAT HUGE
THAT WE WE KIND OF LIVE IN.
>> ASIDE FROM THE BIKERS AND
DOG WALKERS, IT'S AN OTHERWISE
QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. WHITES.
VERY QUAINT.
HIS FULL THAT PIECE WAS
DISRUPTED WHEN POLICE SAY A
WOMAN WAS ASSAULTED NEAR LONG
STREET AND BEN CREAGH DRIVES
AROUND 8.30 THIS MORNING RIGHT
AT THIS INTERSECTION IS THE
EAST FORK MINE CREEK TRAIL THEM
BY ATTACKING FROM GIRL ON THE
RELAY AND A 9-1-1 CALL OBTAINED
BY WRAL, THE CALLER URGENTLY
SAYS A MAN WAS ON TOP OF THE
BLOWN UP BY MICHAEL GROSS LIVES
NEARBY AND HE SAYS HE SHOTS BY
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> ESPECIALLY DURING SUCH A
BUSY TIME OF THE MORNING, BUT
SAID THAT YOU MENTIONED IT WAS
LIKE THE 30 IN THE MORNING AND
THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE YOU TO
FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT HERE ALL THE TIME
FOR MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS I
TALKED TO, THEY DON'T THINK
TWICE ABOUT THEIR SAFETY YEAR.
THAT'S WHEN THINGS WHERE YOU
FEEL COMFORTABLE HERE BECAUSE
OF THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE.
IT'S AN ISOLATED OR ANYTHING
LIKE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR
ANYTHING MIGHT IS HAPPENING
HERE.
>> THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL AND IS EXPECTED TO
BE OKAY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN COME OUT.
>> I MEAN, DOES NOT SEEM
CONTENT, SOMETHING THAT WE
THINK THAT COULD HAPPEN.
>> NOW BECAUSE THAT SUSPECT IS
A JUVENILE. POLICE ARE NOT
RELEASING HIS IDENTITY, BUT
IN RADIO TRAFFIC HE'S DESCRIBED
AS A TEEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF
16 17. DEBORAH.
>> SO DISTURBING FOR THOSE OF
US WHO LOVE WALKING THE TRAILS
DESTINY. PATERSON REPORTING