10 July 2022
Raleigh, N.C. — The Raleigh Police Department said it is responding to a shooting that ended with one man dead on Saturday afternoon.
Raleigh police said at approximately 1:21 p.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 6100 block of Piedmont Ridge Circle.
Police said 26-year-old Aaron Jamel Downer was shot multiple times.
Downer was transported to the hospital where he later died.
52-year-old Willie Edward Frederick has been charged with murder in connection with this incident.
Video captured by a witness shows a man walking and firing a gun, moments later another man runs towards him, seemingly trying to stop him.
Shortly after the armed man gets into a black vehicle and drives off.
Police have not confirmed whether that man in the video is the same person in custody.