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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/795808.html
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A convicted armed robber who was released from prison last year has been charged with murder in five homicides that had gone unsolved in Raleigh and Wake County. In a joint announcement today, Raleigh Police and the Wake Sheriff's Office said they had obtained murder warrants against Samuel James Cooper, 30, of 2300 Creech Road, Raleigh.They charged Cooper in the deaths of:
- Tariq Hussain, 52, who was found shot to death shortly after 10 a.m on Sunday, Oct. 14, behind the counter of his convenience store, Bobby's Grocery, at 3114 Garner Road. A customer discovered the father of three; police said he was the victim of a robbery.
- Rickey High, 48, who was shot to death Oct. 12 on North Tarboro Road. High, who was homeless, was found lying on the sidewalk in front of the Tuttle Community Center Daycare, about a block from where he lived. He worked at odd jobs at stores near the St. Augustine's College.
- Timothy David Barnwell, 34, who was shot to death April 27 outside his apartment in building 1544 at Windsor Falls apartments on Sunbow Falls Lane near Millbrook Elementary School. Police said Barnwell's ankles and wrists were bound during an apparent robbery in his apartment. He tried to escape by jumping over the balcony of his second-floor apartment. They think he tried to crawl away once on the ground but was shot multiple times.
- LeRoy Jernigan, 40, of Clayton, who was found shot to death June 3, 2006, inside the Circus Family Restaurant on Wake Forest Road. Jernigan worked nights cleaning the restaurant. Police said at the time that he had been shot execution-style with a single bullet to the back of his head.
- Osama "Samuel" Haj-Hussein, who was shot to death May 12, 2006, in the In & Out Mart on Creech Road in Wake County. Haj-Hussein, 43, was a clerk at the store, between Raleigh and Garner. He was a native of Jordan
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A convicted armed robber who was released from prison last year has been charged with murder in five homicides that had gone unsolved in Raleigh and Wake County. In a joint announcement today, Raleigh Police and the Wake Sheriff's Office said they had obtained murder warrants against Samuel James Cooper, 30, of 2300 Creech Road, Raleigh.They charged Cooper in the deaths of:
- Tariq Hussain, 52, who was found shot to death shortly after 10 a.m on Sunday, Oct. 14, behind the counter of his convenience store, Bobby's Grocery, at 3114 Garner Road. A customer discovered the father of three; police said he was the victim of a robbery.
- Rickey High, 48, who was shot to death Oct. 12 on North Tarboro Road. High, who was homeless, was found lying on the sidewalk in front of the Tuttle Community Center Daycare, about a block from where he lived. He worked at odd jobs at stores near the St. Augustine's College.
- Timothy David Barnwell, 34, who was shot to death April 27 outside his apartment in building 1544 at Windsor Falls apartments on Sunbow Falls Lane near Millbrook Elementary School. Police said Barnwell's ankles and wrists were bound during an apparent robbery in his apartment. He tried to escape by jumping over the balcony of his second-floor apartment. They think he tried to crawl away once on the ground but was shot multiple times.
- LeRoy Jernigan, 40, of Clayton, who was found shot to death June 3, 2006, inside the Circus Family Restaurant on Wake Forest Road. Jernigan worked nights cleaning the restaurant. Police said at the time that he had been shot execution-style with a single bullet to the back of his head.
- Osama "Samuel" Haj-Hussein, who was shot to death May 12, 2006, in the In & Out Mart on Creech Road in Wake County. Haj-Hussein, 43, was a clerk at the store, between Raleigh and Garner. He was a native of Jordan