Orange Co. sheriff shares tips to stay safe after weekend home invasions killed one

Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said it's uncommon for random home invasions. One man was killed Saturday in a home invasion in Mebane and another man was hospitalized after a home invasion in Hoke County.
Posted 3/5/2024, 3:25:21 AM Updated 3/5/2024, 1:58:08 PM

TO BE OKAY. THE CAR'S DRIVER

WAS NOT HURT. WE'RE LEARNING A

BIT MORE AFTER 2 HOME INVASIONS

OVER THE WEEKEND. AND ONE OF

THEM TURNED DEADLY.

>> WHEN AN ORANGE COUNTY

HOMEOWNER TRIED TO PROTECT HIS

HOME. WRAL SHOWING GRACE FOUND

OUT JUST HOW RARE RANDOM HOME

INVASIONS ARE AND WHAT YOU CAN

DO TO INCREASE PROTECTION

AROUND YOUR HOUSE.

>> INVESTIGATORS COULDN'T SHARE

MUCH ABOUT THE DEADLY HOME

INVASION IN THIS ORANGE COUNTY

HOME. WHAT ORANGE COUNTY

SHERIFF CHARLES BLACKWOOD DID

TELL US WAS REPORT ABUL THE

HOMEOWNER DIED FIGHTING OFF

HIS INTRUDERS. AND DEPUTIES

ARRESTED A SUSPECT AND 2 OTHERS

ARE STILL ON THE RUN.

>> IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE TO THINK

ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU CANNOT

GO TO SLEEP IN YOUR HOME AND

YOU'RE YOU'RE SAFE AND

PROTECTED FROM. THE OUTSIDE

ELEMENTS.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS

IN THIS CASE IN DETECTIVES

BELIEVE EARLY INFORMATION

SUGGESTS THE VICTIM DID NOT

KNOW HIS INTRUDERS, WHICH IS

RARE HOME INVASION OCCURS.

>> 99.9 9% OF THE TIME THEY

KNOW ONE ANOTHER. THEY'VE BEEN

THERE BEFORE TAKEN PART IN SOME

ILLICIT ACTIVITY THERE BEFORE

THEY KNOW THAT SOME THINGS

THERE THAT THEY WANT. THEY GOT

A GOOD IDEA WHERE IT'S WHAT?

THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENED IN

HOKE COUNTY HOME OVER THE

WEEKEND.

>> THIS RING VIDEO CAPTURES

INTRUDERS ATTACKING A WOMAN AND

HER SON AND HE'S BELIEVE THE

SUSPECTS TARGETED THE WRONG

HOME. THAT OTHER ONE PERCENT OR

PERCENT OF A PERCENT.

>> OF TIME WHEN THE WRONG HOUSE

IS HIT.

AND OR IS JUST A STRANGER

SITUATION.

WE'VE HAD THAT OCCUR IN THE

PAST, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY

INFREQUENT.

>> SO WHAT CAN YOU DO TO

DECREASE YOUR CHANCES OF YOUR

HOME BEING TARGETED? SHERIFF

BLACKWOOD SAYS HAVE PLENTY OF

LIGHTS AROUND YOUR HOME AND

CAMERAS AND EMOTIONAL ALARM TO

WAKE YOU UP. IF SOMEONE TRIES

TO GET INTO YOUR HOME, IF

THERE'S A WAY THAT HAS MOTION

SENSORS COULD HAVE AN ALARM TO

LET YOU KNOW TO A BILL.

>> OR A BUZZER OR WHATEVER THAT

MY WHAT MY LIFE HAS JUST GONE

OFF. THERE'S A MOTION SENSOR

OF COURSE, IT'S AGGRAVATING TO

BE AWAKE IN THE BATTLE. NOT

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