Raleigh Man Charged After Wake Forest Stabbing Leaves Victim Hospitalized

A Raleigh man, Timothy Ray Walker, 58, was taken into custody after a stabbing that left a man hospitalized in downtown Wake Forest, police said. Officers responded at about 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, to the 300 block of South Franklin Street and found a male victim with stab wounds who was transported to a nearby hospital with injuries described as serious but not believed to be life-threatening.

Wake Forest officers located the injured man at the scene and arrested Walker shortly afterward, according to charging documents filed after the incident. The criminal paperwork charges Walker with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and a separate warrant charges him with communicating threats.

According to an arrest warrant, "Walker is accused of assaulting Stepson Dee Batts with a butcher knife with the intent to kill him." The warrant language names the alleged victim and specifies a butcher knife as the instrument of the alleged attack; those allegations are part of the pending case and have not been proven in court.

A second warrant alleges Walker "unlawfully and willfully did threaten to physically injure the person of Zilaisha Blackmon" by "orally stating he was going to shoot Ms. Blackmon." The same arrest document states the alleged threat "was made in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to believe it would be carried out."

Information about Walker's bail or arraignment was not immediately available. The Wake Forest Police Department said the investigation remains ongoing and that officers who responded to the downtown corridor are following leads and collecting evidence from the scene.

Authorities asked anyone who witnessed the incident or has video to contact the Wake Forest Police Department Criminal Investigations Division tip line at 919-435-9610 or the department’s non-emergency number at 919-554-6150. For emergencies, call 911.

The stabbing occurred on a stretch of South Franklin Street that has seen occasional late-night incidents in previous years, and Wake Forest police emphasized they are investigating whether any additional suspects or witnesses were involved. Charges in the case are allegations pending prosecution; investigators and court records will provide further details as the case proceeds.