Three people dead in Raleigh shootings, police say
Raleigh police are investigating a double homicide after finding two people dead in a car Monday night, hours after another fatal shooting in southeast Raleigh.
At about 11 p.m. Monday, officers discovered Teleah Janae Richmond, 27, and Taferious Traquail Cannady, 24, in a car on the 8100 block of McGuire Drive.
McGuire Drive is off Capital Boulevard near WRAL Soccer Park in northeast Raleigh.
“Just a couple of minutes ago there a loud banging sound; it sounded like shots,” a caller told a 911 operator, according to a recording released by police.
“There were multiple (shots), more than three. I would say six or seven,” the caller said. “We just want to make sure the guy’s OK or whatever’s going on there.”
One of those shot — Richmond — had been charged with murder in 2014, The News & Observer has reported. Police charged her and another man with shooting a 40-year-old man outside the Mambo Sports Bar in North Raleigh. She was convicted of felony assault a year later and sentenced to three years and two months in prison, state corrections records show.
South Pettigrew shooting
Earlier Monday, police responded to a shooting on South Pettigrew Street east of downtown. Monica Renee Williams, 33, died from her wounds, according to police.
The three deaths come less than a week after police found Zaequan Deloatch, 17, fatally shot off New Bern Avenue. Three people, including two teens, have been charged with murder in that case.
Anyone with information about Monday’s shootings is asked to call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at 919-834-HELP or visit raleighcrimestoppers.org. Crimestoppers offers cash rewards for anonymous tips that help solve cases.
This story was originally published February 18, 2020 at 8:03 AM with the headline "Three people dead in Raleigh shootings, police say."