Posted on 05/12/2025 1:22:36 PM PDT by simpson96
Three people were injured Sunday when a fight broke out and shots were fired at Big Ed's restaurant off Falls of Neuse Road in Raleigh.
Around 11:50 a.m., officers with the Raleigh Police Department responded to a report of shots fired at Big Ed's in the 5000 block of Falls of Neuse Road.
Police said a fight broke out and shots were fired. Two people were transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries related to the fight, and a third person suffered a graze wound.
At 12:45 p.m., police said there was no active threat to the community, and no arrests have been made.
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"People were punching, hitting and throwing chairs and hitting people with chairs," said Amanda Lewis, a customer who was at the restaurant when the fight started. "Next thing you know, here goes the shots being fired.
In video a witness sent to WRAL News, a man pulled out what appeared to be a gun as the fight broke out and fired three shots at the ground. Shortly after the shots were fired, the man punched a woman in the face.
Lewis said she was in the restaurant with a group of 10 people, along with her husband and two children and said her daughter left her shoes inside the restaurant as she and other customers ran out.
"It's nerve wracking," she said.
One man told WRAL News he brought his grandchildren to Big Ed's after church only to be met by chaos.
"I said, 'Not again.' I get up in the morning and I listen to the news, I go to bed at night and listen to the news, [and hear about shootings] in Raleigh, Durham and Fayetteville."
The reported shooting took place during a time when many people were out celebrating Mother's Day,
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Fighting over who pays the tip for the server I bet.
Depends on whether one is a mother, or one is a mother, IYKWIM.
Heheh. Gotcha.
That’s right.
It’s them again, Yogi.
Big Ed Mustafa?
“Dirty Harry”
It’s about time some white people started representing the other side of the violent crime statistics!
As usual.
After the bullets came out that should have cleared up any doubt that it was a gun
My husband grabbed myself...
People talk like this because they think it sounds smart.
You’re a liar. (and a troll?)
Look again
“It’s white people”
Stepped in it, dimwit.
Who doesn’t like a good pew pew after a delicious filling meal?
There’s a law against that?
Is Big Ed okay?
A “Yo mama so fat...” competition gone wrong? Mothers Day was probably poor timing.
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