The weather was the big news today so you might not have seen this one. Reporter Caron Myers and I did an interview today that has me scratching my head and police in Alamance County high fiving all around.
The guy in the picture is Thomas Earl Newman Jr. He found himself in an altercation Monday night and he ended up in Duke Hospital with multiple lacerations. The other guy is in jail for the attack.
Both Burlington Police and Graham Police say the altercation was gang related and that both the attacker and the victim were gang members. That got our attention and so we headed to Alamance County to see what was up.
While I was getting footage of the area where the fight happened, Caron did the obligatory 'knock and talk' at the address where we were told people involved in the scuffle lived.
What I heard in my earpiece gave me a chill. It was Newman behind the apartment door....and he was willing to talk on camera.
You can watch the whole thing at this link: WATCH RAW INTERVIEW, but to sum it up...Newman told us he is a a member of the GKB (Gang Killer Bloods) and a part of a cleanup crew.
The gang specialists in Alamance County tell us that a clean takes care of retaliation efforts.
The cops in Alamance County that saw the interview say it's some of the best interaction with a gang member they've ever seen.(hence the high fives)
Newman said he wouldn't seek revenge personally but that the 'crip' gang member that attacked him with what he called a "crocidile dundee knife", would get his.
1 comment:
Good job, Chris!
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