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North Carolina Man On ‘Neighborhood Watch’ Kills 20-Year-Old Outside His Home

<p>Chad Copley&comma; 39&comma; has been charged in the killing of 20-year-old Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas in Raleigh&comma; NC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to CNN&comma; Copley claims that he was protecting his family from &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hoodlums” and shot Thomas outside of his home just before 1am on Sunday&period; Copley is currently being held at the Wake County Detention Center without bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Monday the News &amp&semi; Observer in Raleigh reported that glass was found in Copley’s driveway from the bullets traveling through his window&comma; and blood a few feet away from the street&period; Police have not released the information on what kind of shotgun was used during the shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The court issued the Capital Defense Office to represent Copley&semi; the office later told CNN that Raymond Tarlton would represent him&period; Tarlton’s office released a statement saying&semi; &&num;8220&semi;We have seen too many wrongful convictions for anyone or any organization to jump to conclusions on the basis of someone being charged&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now we all know this incident sounds familiar to the killing of Trayvon Martin back in 2012&period; While the story is still developing&comma; some parts of the story can be told through 911 calls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Copley called authorities to report &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a bunch of hoodlums out here racing&period;&&num;8221&semi; He then continues to tell the dispatcher&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am locked and loaded&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m going outside to secure my neighborhood&period; You need to send PD as quickly as possible&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Confused&comma; the dispatcher responded&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I&&num;8217&semi;m sorry&period; You&&num;8217&semi;re going out to do what to the neighborhood&comma; sir&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He then goes on to say that he is on the neighborhood watch and will have his neighbors with him&period; He claims that there were several &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hoodlums” racing up and down the street with firearms and that he was going to secure his neighborhood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unfortunately&comma; Thomas was pronounced dead at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;09&sol;us&sol;raleigh-north-carolina-man-shoots-african-american-outside-home-911-calls&sol;index&period;html&quest;sr&equals;fbCNN081016raleigh-north-carolina-man-shoots-african-american-outside-home-911-calls1206AMStoryLink&amp&semi;linkId&equals;27499901<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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