Gun battle near Capital Boulevard shopping center leaves man charged
A shootout at Capital Crossing left Carlos D. Spruill wounded and charged as police searched for the second gunman. Officers said there was no active threat.
A late-night gun battle near one of northeast Raleigh’s busiest retail corridors sent police to 4600 Capital Boulevard and left Carlos D. Spruill facing multiple charges as officers searched for the second person involved. The shooting happened just before 11:25 p.m. Thursday across from the Capital Crossing shopping center near North New Hope Road, an area lined with stores, traffic and late-night activity.
Raleigh police said officers found the 44-year-old man shot near Lowe’s Home Improvement and a Family Dollar store. Spruill, who lives in Raleigh, was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Police said the confrontation started as an argument and escalated when both people drew firearms and exchanged gunfire. The second person fled before officers arrived.
Spruill faces charges including possession of a firearm by a felon, discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and carrying a concealed weapon. He was being held without bond in the Wake County Jail, and the investigation remained ongoing. WRAL reported that police said there was no active threat to the public, but officials have not said whether the other shooter has been identified or taken into custody.
The shooting landed in a corridor that serves shoppers, workers and drivers throughout the evening, making the impact ripple beyond the immediate scene. A gunfight in front of major retailers can quickly rattle nearby businesses and anyone passing through Capital Boulevard, where local outlets have reported other recent shootings in and around shopping-center areas. That pattern has turned a commercial strip into an increasingly familiar public-safety concern for northeast Raleigh residents and store owners.
Police said people with information should contact the department or Crime Stoppers. Raleigh’s daily police incident data is tracked through the city’s open-data system using National Incident Based Reporting System reports, while Wake County says arrest information can be accessed through the Clerk of Superior Court’s office. The North Carolina Judicial Branch says criminal case information can also be searched through public terminals at clerk of court offices and through the state’s Portal and eCourts system, which was fully implemented in all 100 counties on Oct. 13, 2025.
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