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Raleigh Police Release 911 Call in Teacher Killing as Suspect Held Without Bond

The newly released recording intensifies scrutiny of plea reductions, competency findings, supervision gaps.

Overview

  • Zoe Welsh called 911 at 6:32 a.m. reporting a man had climbed through her window, said she had seen him in Fred Fletcher Park, and told the dispatcher, "He hit me with a brick."
  • Police arrested Ryan Camacho, 36, on charges of murder and felony burglary, and he remains detained in Wake County without bond with a court date set for Jan. 26.
  • WRAL reporting and records show Camacho’s lengthy criminal history, including a 2018 case in which eight felonies tied to a shooting were reduced to two in a plea deal, followed by five and a half years in prison.
  • Public records indicate that in 2025 four felony counts were consolidated and reduced to a single misdemeanor as part of a plea resolution.
  • District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said a judge dismissed breaking-and-entering charges in December after a competency exam and denied a request for involuntary commitment, while questions about court-ordered mental health treatment during probation remain unanswered.