Warrant links shootings at three homes to gang feud

Raleigh police suspect the "Wicked" street gang is behind a series of violent incidents involving hundreds of bullets fired into occupied homes and vehicles, according to a recent warrant.
Posted 2/25/2025, 10:58:27 PM Updated 2/26/2025, 1:58:09 AM

Raleigh police believe that an ongoing feud between two criminal

street gangs may be responsible for hundreds of shots blasted

into occupied cars and homes

So far this man Anthony Woodard has been arrested and

indicted on gun charges related to these incidents that spanned

last summer

Police say he's a member of the Wicked street gang

This rival gang feud started in August in the Huddingham

community

This house on Shadow Glen Drive in the Hedingham community

was blanketed with bullets on August 14th of last year

One day later this home on Hailing Drive was also

struck by gunfire

A new warrant states 6 people are observed exiting a

car at least 2 of them carrying what appear to

be rifles

Several of them opened fire

Police then find 86 spent shell casings consisting of a

mix of pistol and rifle caliber rounds

The next day Raleigh police respond here to Brandy Crest

Drive in Raleigh in reference to shots fired into an

occupied home

Surveillance video shows two people firing several rounds into the

home before fleeing

And that 72 spent shell casings consisting of a mix

of pistol and rifle calibers were also recovered

Officers with Raleigh's gang suppression unit according to the warrant

believes victims living on hailing and Brandycrest were targeted by

a street gang called Wicked Chelsea Donovan WREL News Raleigh

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