Knightdale chase ends in crash, dash into restaurant
COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON.
BREAKING NOW AT 5 VIDEO YOU'LL
ONLY SEE ON WRAL. NEW DETAILS
IN THE WAKE COUNTY POLICE CHASE
THAT ENDED WITH A CRASH.
WE NOW KNOW THE MAN BEHIND THE
WHEEL WAS 52 YEAR-OLD ANTHONY
MINGO.
>> HE WAS A SUSPECT IN A RALLY
BANK ROBBERY THIS WEEK.
DEPUTIES SAY AFTER THE CRASH HE
RAN INTO A BUSINESS THAT
INJURED HIMSELF WITH A WEAPON.
HE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
AT THE HOSPITAL. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US. I'M GERALD O AND
I'M ASHLEY ROW. SKY 5 CAPTURING
THE CHASE AND THE MOMENT IT
ENDED AT A SHOPPING CENTER IN
KNIGHTDALE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE
FIND WRAL'S. MONICA KC LIVE
AFTER SPEAKING WITH WITNESSES.
MONICA.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WE SPOKE
WITH SAY THEY ARE SHAKEN UP BY
THIS. MANY SAY THEY HAVE NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE ALL OF THIS
IN KNIGHTDALE. NOW TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS VIDEO WHEN A FRIEND
RICHARDSON RECORDED THIS ON
HER PHONE. SHE'S RETIRED FROM
THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE AND SHE TELLS ME SHE SAW
THAT CHASE HAPPENING OUT ON
THE ROAD. AND THEN THAT SUSPECT
FLEEING. SHE RECORDED PEOPLE
RUNNING OUT OF ONE-ON-ONE
KITCHEN.
>> THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INSIDE
3 OF THE RENT OUT CRY AND
CRAWLING ON THE ON THE GROUND
AND THEY CAME OVER AND WENT
INTO THE DOOR THAT I WAS
STANDING BESIDE.
>> WE NOW KNOW FROM THE WAKE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT
THAT SUSPECT SERIOUSLY HURT
HIMSELF WHILE INSIDE THAT
RESTAURANT. I ALSO SPOKE WITH
THE WHO LIVES NEARBY AND WAS
CONCERNED WHEN SHE SAW ALL OF
THIS COMMOTION.
>> WHEN I SAW 7 OR 8 POLICE
KIND OF PASSING BY ME OUT A
LITTLE BIT WORRIED AS I HOPE
IT'S NOTHING BY THE SCHOOL.
SO I DROVE KIND OF AROUND.
WE SAW THERE WAS A CAR CRASH
ON I DO BOULEVARD.
>> THAT SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY INSIDE THAT RESTAURANT.
NOW, THIS ALL HAPPENED AROUND
ONE 20 THIS AFTERNOON HOURS
AGO AT THIS POINT. BUT YOU CAN
SEE THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE
SCENE HERE BEHIND ME AND STILL
IMPACTING PEOPLE AT THE
SHOPPING CENTER TONIGHT LIVE
IN KNIGHTDALE MONICA CASEY,
WRAL NEWS. ALL RIGHT, MONICA,
THANK YOU. THIS WAS A FLURRY
OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENED VERY
QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
WRAL'S LUIS FERNANDEZ JOINS US
NOW. AND LEWIS, YOU HAVE A
TIMELINE OF EVENTS YOU'RE
FOLLOWING ALONG FROM BEGINNING
TO END OF THIS.
>> YEAH, ASHLEIGH, AND THIS
CHAOTIC CHASE IN RALEIGH
STARTED AND ENDED OVER THE
COURSE OF JUST A HALF AN HOUR
WITH SPEEDS REACHING WELL OVER
100 MILES AN HOUR.
>> THE FACT IS THE FACTS ON
THE OTHER SIDE.
>> INBOUND NIGHT, THEY'VE BEEN
ABLE TO DO THAT. WHY THEY ARE
BUT AT ABOUT ONE, 23 THIS
AFTERNOON, WE HEAR THROUGH
BROADCASTIFY AUDIO, THE
BEGINNING OF THIS HIGH SPEED
CHASE.
AND NUMBER ONE LANE OVER THE
NEXT FEW MINUTES. THE SUSPECT,
52 YEAR-OLD ANTHONY MANGO
DRIVES ON THE NORTHBOUND LANE
OF I-87 GETS OFF, GETS BACK ON.
JUST BEFORE ONE, 30 SKY 5 MAKES
ITS WAY OVER TO THE KNIGHTDALE
AREA BECAUSE OF THE TIME OF THE
DAY. THE BUSY AREA OF WEEK
COUNTY, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUE. WE'RE DOING OUR BEST
TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND SAFE
AT ONE 40. THE SUSPECT TAKES
THE WINDOW BOULEVARD EXIT ONTO
US. 64 BUSINESS WEAVING THROUGH
CROWDED INTERSECTIONS AT ONE.
44, THE WHITE HONDA CR-V
CRASHES INTO A CAR AT HINTON
OAK BOULEVARD, A CAR SPINS.
HE RUNS OUT TOWARDS THE WHITE
WATER COMMONS SHOPPING CENTER
ENTERS 101 KITCHEN JUST BEFORE
ONE. 46 WITHIN SECONDS. SEVERAL
OFFICERS ARE RIGHT BEHIND HIM
AT ONE 50 SKY. 5 SHOWS US THIS
WIDE SHOT OF THE SHOPPING
CENTER COMPLETELY SURROUNDED
AND JUST BEFORE 02:00PM, A MAN
IS TAKEN OUT OF ONE-ON-ONE
KITCHEN, CONFINED TO A
STRETCHER.
A LOT OF VERY CLOSE CALLS
THROUGHOUT THAT DANGEROUS, 30
MINUTES THAT COULD HAVE MADE
THAT SITUATION A LOT WORSE.
BRYANT.
>> ALL RIGHT, LOUIS, THANKS
VERY MUCH. HERE IN THE WRAL
LIVE CENTER, AS WE MENTIONED,
THE DRIVER IN TODAY'S HIGH
SPEED CHASE WAS A SUSPECT IN A
BANK ROBBERY THAT HAPPENED
MONDAY. WE COVERED THIS MONDAY
AROUND 10, 30. THAT BANK.
THAT PNC BANK UPON FALLS OF
NEUSE ROAD AT CAPITAL BOULEVARD
IN NORTH RALEIGH WAS ROBBED.
AND THEN YESTERDAY WE SHARED
SURVEILLANCE PICTURES OF THE
SUSPECT. RALEIGH POLICE SHARED
THESE PICTURES OF THE MAN THAT
NOW APPARENTLY IS 52 YEAR-OLD
ANTHONY MINGO. AS WE'VE
MENTIONED, HE'S BEEN
HOSPITALIZED WITH
LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AFTER
HARMING HIMSELF WITH A WEAPON
IN THAT RESTAURANT. AFTER THAT
CHASE ENDED, HE IS FACING A
CHARGE OF COMMON LAW ROBBERY.
ACCORDING TO RALEIGH POLICE.
WE HAVE JUST LEARNED MOMENTS
AGO THAT MEAN GO WAS STOPPED