Police investigating deadly stabbing at Carrboro Town Commons
CAR, WHICH WAS IN THE POOL AT
THAT POINT AND THEY TOOK HIM TO
THE HOSPITAL CARRBORO POLICE
ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A MAN
WAS STABBED TO DEATH. THIS
HAPPENED AT TOWN COMMONS OVER
ON WEST MAIN STREET. THAT'S A
VERY POPULAR PART OF TOWN.
WRAL'S. JOE JACKSON JOINS US
LIVE FROM THAT AREA. BUT WHAT
WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION, SHELLEY.
>> WELL, JERROLD, WE ARE AT THE
CARRBORO TOWN COMMONS. IT IS A
LITTLE PARK RIGHT NEXT TO THE
CARRBORO TOWN HALL. NOW THAT
STABBING HAPPENED AROUND 9
O'CLOCK HERE LAST NIGHT.
THE POLICE TELL ME THEY'RE NOT
SURE WHICH PART IN THIS LITTLE
PARK. IT HAPPENED AND THIS PARK
HAS LIKE A LITTLE PLAYGROUND, A
GREEN AREA, BUT THEY BELIEVE
THAT THE SUSPECT AND THE VICTIM
KNEW EACH OTHER. IF THERE IS AN
ARGUMENT THAT LED TO THE
STABBING. I SPOKE WITH ANOTHER
MAN WHO WAS HERE LAST NIGHT WHO
SAID HE SAW EVERYTHING. HE SAID
THE SAME THING VICTIM AND
SUSPECT KNEW EACH OTHER.
THEY ARGUED AND THERE WAS A
STABBING. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT
THE VICTIM THEN RAN ACROSS THE
STREET HERE TO THE MARATHON
GAS STATION OR THEY CALLED
9-1-1 FOR HELP. I HAD TIME TO
TALK TO SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO
WORK AROUND HERE IN A VERY,
VERY SURPRISED. THEY SAID
CARRBORO IS NOT KNOWN FOR A LOT
OF VIOLENT CRIME. THEY SAID
THIS PARK IS KIND OF LIKE A
SOCIAL AREA. THERE'S A LOT OF
FOLKS THAT CONGREGATE HERE
SATURDAY SAY HAVE FARMERS
MARKETS. THE POLICE SAY AT THIS
POINT THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE
PUBLIC TO WORRY. THEY DO
BELIEVE IT WAS AN ISOLATED
INCIDENT WITH THE SUSPECT AND