55-year-old man shot, killed in Zebulon
THE 20'S AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF
US THAT SAW LIGHTNING TODAY
COMING UP. ALRIGHT, KAT, THANK
YOU. WELL, IT WAS A DEVASTATING
START TO THANKSGIVING MORNING
FOR ONE FAMILY IN ZEBULON.
71 POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED
TO BARBIE STREET AT PRIMROSE
PLACE TO REPORTS OF SHOTS
FIRED.
>> AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY
FOUND ONE MAN WITH GUNSHOT
WOUNDS WHO PASSED AWAY SOON
AFTER HE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> AS WRAL'S HIDING KURT
REPORTS ONE FAMILY IS MOURNING
THE LOSS OF A BELOVED A FAMILY
MEMBER.
>> THE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS
NORMALLY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD
WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO THE
SOUND OF GUNSHOTS GOING OFF IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND NOW
IT'S A DAY THAT ONE FAMILY WILL
NEVER FORGET. IT'S NOT THE WAY
THE CUMMINGS FAMILY EXPECTED TO
SPEND THANKSGIVING MORNING IN
BEING A LITTLE BIT.
>> I'M JUST GETTING UP. SO
MAYBE IT'S NOT ALL. REAL.
MAYBE IT'S JUST LIKE A.
>> DURING THAT WAS THE MAIN
CUMMINGS. FIRST REACTION WHEN
HE LEARNED HIS DAD WAS SHOT
AND KILLED IN HIS OWN FRONT
YARD. ZEBULON POLICE SAY THEY
ARRIVED AT PRIMROSE PLACE
AROUND ONE. 30 AM FINDING A 55
YEAR-OLD ROBERT CUMMINGS,
UNRESPONSIVE, SUFFERING FROM A
GUNSHOT WOUND. CUMMINGS, MOTHER
CORA SAYS SHE HEARD IT ALL PLAY
OUT FROM WHERE SHE LIVES JUST
DOWN THE STREET. AND I HEARD
2 SHOTS AND I HEARD SOMEBODY
SAY
THE CHALLENGES LIKE AROUND THIS
MORNING. JUST HOURS AFTER IT
HAPPENED, THE FAMILY IS
REFLECTING ON LAST THANKSGIVING
LAST YEAR.
>> I ACTUALLY ALL TOGETHER AND
IT LITERALLY EVERY ON MY DAD'S
SIDE ON A FAMILY MEMBER THAT I
SEE HERE. HE SAYS HE WILL
ALWAYS REMEMBER HIS DAD THIS
WAY AS AN ARTIST AND A MECHANIC
TO MAKE ANYTHING WITH CARS.
I WOULD BE ABLE TO
>> ASK HIM. BUT NOW IT'S LIKE,
OK THAT I LOVE. I ASK MANY
QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT WHAT
PLAYED OUT THIS MORNING.
>> CUMMINGS JUST WANTS ANSWERS
AND ASKS ANYONE WHO KNOWS
ANYTHING TO COME FORWARD.
>> I THINK THOUGH IT IS JUST
PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES.
IF THIS WAS YOUR FAMILY MEMBER,
WOULD YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY TO
GO UNKNOWN OR WOULD YOU WANT
YOUR FAMILY HAVE A PEACE OF
MIND? NOW IS A VIOLENT POLICE
ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHAT
EXACTLY HAPPENED HERE IN THE
EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING.
THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE WITH ANY
INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD.
>> HEIDI KIRK, WRAL, NEWS IN