Nine juveniles charged in Raleigh homicides
COMING UP IN LESS THAN 15
MINUTES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
THAT. THANK
YOU, MIKE.
>> 2.16, YEAR-OLD AND A 15
YEAR-OLD COULD SPEND THE REST
OF THEIR LIVES IN PRISON.
ALL 3 HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN A
RECENT MURDER. THE ARL'S
INVESTIGATES SARAH KRUEGER
TELLS US THIS CONTINUES.
A DISTURBING TREND OF YOUNG
PEOPLE ACCUSED OF THE MOST
VIOLENT CRIMES.
>> THIS MAKES 9 PEOPLE 17 OR
YOUNGER CHARGED IN MURDERS IN
THE CITY OF RALEIGH JUST THIS
YEAR STATEWIDE. WE'RE SEEING A
SURGE OF YOUNGER PEOPLE CHARGED
IN MORE AND MORE CRIMES.
HE WAS JUST A HAPPY PERSON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK UP TO AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE MISS. THAT'S
HOW ASCENA REMEMBERS HER
BOYFRIEND CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ.
HE WAS KILLED IN FEBRUARY.
RALEIGH. POLICE ARRESTED A 14
YEAR-OLD FOR THE CRIME. NOW
IN A DIFFERENT MURDER OF 19
YEAR-OLD ALEJANDRO TRON CO.
SO 3 JUVENILES HAVE BEEN
CHARGED. IT'S A TREND. POLICE
CHIEF ESTELLA PATTERSON SPOKE
TO US ABOUT LAST WEEK THAT WE
SEE A LOT OF JUVENILE RELATED
OFFENSES.
>> TRYING TO INTERVENE EARLY
WITH THE SHOW PEOPLE NOT JUST
TO RPD BUT WITH OUR PARTNERS TO
BE ABLE TO GET THEM ON THE
RIGHT PAST THAT THEY DON'T
CONTINUE TO PRESS.
>> WRAL INVESTIGATES FOUND AT
LEAST 9 YOUNG PEOPLE CHARGED IN
THE CITY'S HOMICIDES. THIS
YEAR, BROKEN DOWN. THAT'S 3.14,
YEAR-OLDS. ONE, 15 YEAR-OLD
FOR 16 YEAR-OLDS AND ONE 17
YEAR-OLD. THERE'S A LOT OF
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE AGE.
>> AND INSTEAD OF
>> GOING TO THERAPY AND TALKING
IT OUT. I THINK EVEN BEFORE
THE I THINK IS THE TIME TO BUY
A GUN.
>> STATEWIDE DATA FROM THE
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF
JUVENILE JUSTICE AND
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION SHOWS
JUVENILE COMPLAINTS ARE
CLIMBING MORE THAN 39,000 OF
THEM IN 2023. UP FROM ROUGHLY
36,000 THE YEAR PRIOR IN WAKE
AND DURHAM COUNTIES. THE
INCREASES ARE CLEAR JUMPING
FROM ABOUT 2220. 22 TO 3600 IN
2023. IN WAKE AND JUMPING FROM
593 COMPLAINTS TO 1500 IN
DURHAM. ATHENA, THINGS THE
ACCESSIBILITY OF GUNS IS THE
ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. AND I'M
CAROLINE, IT'S VERY EASY TO
GET IT GOING TO MEAN. IT'S ALSO
VERY EASY TO.
>> I KNOW IT'S A BIGGER PROBLEM
IT SHOULD GO TO MAKE A SHOW