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Police investigating drive-by shooting

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Police are investigating a drive-by shooting off of South Walk and Marstellar Streets.

New Hanover County dispatchers said the suspects were in a moving car and one person was shot.

Police say the victim is a 32-year-old male from Wilmington, but they haven't released his name yet. He is currently at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

The shooting is still under investigation.

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Police make arrest in connection to taxi driver robberies

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Police have made an arrest following a robbery involving area taxi drivers, according to authorities.

Two taxi cab drivers were robbed within a few hours at gunpoint in Wilmington and another cab company reported something missing from a car.

Eddie Leon McCracken, 48, was arrested Thursday afternoon based on evidence and interviews with the victims involved linking him to the crimes.

The first robbery was of a Yellow Cab driver. It happened after the driver picked up a man at 11th and Ann streets and took him to the 1300 block of Martin Street. Prior to the driver telling the suspect what the fare was, the suspect pulled out a revolver and demanded money from the driver, who complied.

The suspect then got out and fled on foot.

Authorities make arrest following shooting; teen taken to hospital

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Detectives with the Wilmington Police Department have arrested a man in connection to a shooting that happened Thursday in the 1100 block of Campbell Street.

According to officials, Gregory Alan Adams, 29, has been taken into custody and is expected to be charged with attempted murder.

A 15-year-old male victim of the shooting has been taken to New Hanover Regional Center to be treated.

Witnesses say that Adams was also involved with another altercation earlier in the day, where a separate victim received minor injuries.

Adams has a long criminal history, according to authorities.

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Police searching for car connected to suspected drive-by house shooting

Police searching for car connected to suspected drive-by house shooting

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Around 7:21 p.m. Tuesday, Wilmington Police responded to a shots fired call in the 1200 block of Grace street, where they say someone in a car shot at a home with people sitting on a porch, according to New Hanover County dispatch officials.

The house was struck twice, and police saw bullet holes near where the 19-year-old victim had been sitting.

One man got up and ran, falling and scraping himself somehow.

No one else was injured.

Police are looking for the car, a gold Crown Victoria or Mercury, and they are looking to charge the shooter with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.

The case is under investigation.

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911 calls reveal delivery driver bleeding from the neck, being investigated as murder

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The Wilmington Police Department is investigating a suspicious death after a man was found dead in a car near 13th and Queen Streets.

Police got a call about the victim around 10:30 Thursday night.

EMS responded and found the victim, 60-year-old Zhen Bo Liu.

Authorities say Liu made deliveries for a local restaurant and was on duty when he died.

The exact cause of death has not been determined, but police said they do suspect foul play, and the death is now being investigated as a murder.

According to 911 calls, witnesses found the Honda he was driving in the middle of the road with the door open.

The caller said that he was bleeding from the neck and it looked like he may have been stabbed.

The caller also said they just have taken the money because the bag was on the ground and empty.

Another caller said it looked like he had been shot because he had blood on his shirt.

Man arrested, charged after reportedly throwing bag of marijuana on ground in front of cops

Man arrested, charged after reportedly throwing bag of marijuana on ground in front of cops

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – According to officials with the Wilmington Police Department, while driving through the Houston Moore housing area  early Thursday morning, officers recognized a suspect who was on the Wilmington Housing Authority trespassing list.

As they attempted to speak with the suspect, 33-year-old Herbert Alex Bradley, Bradley threw down a plastic bag containing 10 individual bags of marijuana.