It happened just before noon at the Woodland Court Apartments in the 3200 block of Shire Lane.
The Raleigh Police Department said it began with an attempted robbery. Detectives said 20-year-old Evan Robert Schwepker-Thomas and 28-year-old Darius Dontae Mccalston entered a home and at least one of them had a handgun.
There were three men, two women, and a 3-year-old child in the apartment. A struggle began between the two alleged robbers and the victims. One of the victims, 27-year-old Henry Chavez Jr., was shot in the hand.
Police said the victims got control of the handgun and Schwepker-Thomas was shot in the hip. Both he and Mccalston were also hit with a baseball bat by one of the victims.
They fled the scene in a vehicle allegedly driven by 23-year-old Cassandra Marie Duplanti. They went to WakeMed and were detained by police there.
Mccalston is charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Duplanti is charged with conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Arrest warrants charging Schwepker-Thomas with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury will be served upon his release from the hospital.
In addition, two of the intended victims, 37-year-old Tiffany Donelle Miller and 20-year-old Christian Michael Miller were charged with possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana paraphernalia. The Millers are mother and son.
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