18-year-old charged in Uber driver's death
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT
IF ANY CHARGES WERE FILED OR IF
ANYONE WAS HURT.
>> NEW TONIGHT, AN ARREST IN
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A DURHAM
UBER DRIVER. POLICE SAY 57
YEAR-OLD EMMANUEL BD WAS KILLED
BY AN 18 YEAR-OLD PASSENGER.
WRAL'S WILL LEAD AN ALI JOINS
US NOW LIVE AFTER SPEAKING WITH
BEATY'S FAMILY. WILLIE, THEY
ARE DEVASTATED.
>> YES, LENA, THE BEATY FAMILY
JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY TELL
ME PEOPLE OFTEN WORRY ABOUT
PASSENGER SAFETY WHEN IT COMES
TO RIDESHARE APPS LIKE UBER
AND LYFT. BUT DRIVERS ALSO NEED
TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHO'S
RIDING IN THE BACKSEAT.
>> A FAMILY GRIEVING THE LOSS
OF A BELOVED FATHER, HUSBAND
AND PROVIDER. 57 YEAR-OLD
EMMANUEL BEATY WAS FOUND SHOT
AND KILLED IN THE BACK SEAT OF
HIS CAR ON HOLLY GROVE ROAD.
IN BENSON ON SUNDAY, BEATY WAS
DRIVING FOR UBER WHEN HE PICKED
UP 18 YEAR-OLD TRAYVON BROWN
WHO TODAY WAS CHARGED WITH BT'S
MURDER.
>> IT WAS HEARTBREAKING.
IT
CATASTROPHIC. IS THE TRAGIC
SITUATION. SOMETHING THAT I
NEVER EXPECTED OR NEVER THOUGHT
THAT WOULD COME CLOSE TO OUR
HOUSEHOLD. BE DECENT. EMANUEL
JUNIOR DESCRIBED HIS DAD AS A
PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE TELLS ME THE DAYS FOLLOWING
THE SHOOTING HAVE BEEN
ESPECIALLY HARD FOR THE FAMILY
WHO ARE PREPARING TO CELEBRATE
BEATY'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH
HIS WIFE. SO THIS HAS JUST
BEEN.
TERROR. YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE
HAVE TO PIVOT IN PLANNING FOR
SOMETHING THAT WAS CELEBRATORY
TO NOW, SOMETHING THAT IS
DEVASTATING. HE SAYS HIS FATHER
SAW THE BEST IN EVERYONE, BUT
ALWAYS PRIORITIZE SAFETY.
>> HE NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN HE
PICKED UP THAT 18 YEAR-OLD?
>> I CAN'T EVEN THINK THAT BAD
EVEN CROSSED HIS MIND WHEN HE
PICKED UP THAT THAT YOUNG MAN,
YOU KNOW, IT IS PROBABLY DID
NOT CROSS HIS MIND AT ALL.
IN A STATEMENT TO WRAL IN
COOBER SPOKESPERSON SAYS OUR
HEARTS ARE HEAVY FOR MISTER
BEATTY'S FAMILY AND LOVED ONES
AS THEY GRAPPLE WITH THIS
UNTHINKABLE LOSS.
>> WE'VE BEEN THE RIDERS
ACCOUNT AND ARE SUPPORTING LAW
ENFORCEMENT WITH THEIR
INVESTIGATION AS THEY WORK TO
BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO
JUSTICE. THE BT FAMILY HOPE
THAT IF BROWN IS CONVICTED,
THAT HIS TIME BEHIND BARS LEADS
TO REFLECTION AND GROWTH,
THERE'S SO MUCH LIFE THAT IS
AHEAD OF AN
18 YEAR-OLD.
>> AND THIS DID NOT HAVE TO
BE YOUR STORY.
>> TRAYVEON BROWN IS BEING HELD
IN THE JOHNSTON COUNTY
DETENTION CENTER WITH NO BOND.
THE BEATY FAMILY TELL ME THEY
STILL PLAN TO CONTINUE ON WITH
THEIR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS.
BUT NOW WHAT'S GOING ON OR
EMANUEL'S LIFE AS WELL AS THE