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Raleigh police cleared the scene Friday evening after a deadly shooting at a North Hills restaurant. The executive chef of Coquette restaurant walked into the establishment Friday morning and shot two men, employees of the restaurant told WRAL News.

North Hills restaurant shooting: Scene cleared, man killed, suspected shooter in critical condition

<p>COVERAGE OF THE NORTHVILLE SHOOTING RIGHT NOW AT 5, A OF AN SHOPS ARE STILL CLOSED AT NORTH HILLS IN RALEIGH TONIGHT WHERE SHOOTING LEFT ONE MAN DEAD. &gt;&gt; A BYSTANDER WOUNDED AND WE ARE HEARING FROM THAT BYSTANDER. &gt;&gt; AND THE SUSPECT IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M DEBRA MORGAN AND I'M GERALD OWENS. IT WAS A DAY OF VIOLENCE AND CONFUSION IN NORTH HILLS. THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THIS BREAKING NEWS. &gt;&gt; THE MAN WHO SUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES SPOKE WITH WRAL. SARAH KRUEGER AND SAYS THERE IS STILL A BULLET LODGED IN HIS HAND. WITNESSES ARE TELLING WRAL THAT THE SHOOTER WAS THE RESTAURANT HEAD CHEF GEORGE COLOGNE. AND THAT WITNESSES ALSO SAY THAT THE VICTIM WHO DIED WAS A SERVER AT THE RESTAURANT. WRAL IS ON THE SCENE MOMENTS AFTER WE LEARNED OF THE SHOOTING AND WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING EXTENDED TEAM COVERAGE TODAY. &gt;&gt; LET'S CONTINUE THAT TEAM COVERAGE NOW WITH DAN HAGGERTY. DAN. &gt;&gt; OF COURSE, POLICE STILL HAVE AREAS OF NORTH HILLS LOCKDOWN, CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET RIGHT TO THIS PIECE OF DEVELOPING NEWS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF NEWS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED SINCE THIS ALL BROKE THIS MORNING AT 11 O'CLOCK WRAL INVESTIGATES SARAH KRUEGER ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS INSIDE, WHO WAS SHOT DURING THIS CHAOS. IT IS AN INTERVIEW YOU WILL ONLY GET A SHE RIGHT HERE ON WRAL. SARAH, WE'LL SEND THINGS OVER TO YOU. THIS MAN IS HELPING TO ANSWER SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. &gt;&gt; AND THE YEARS I WAS OUT HERE IN THE PARKING LOT, RIGHT OUTSIDE COCAINE AND I SAW A MAN WALK UP WITH THE CAST ON HIS ARM AND IT WAS CLEAR HE HAD BEEN THROUGH A LOT. SO I GOT OUT OF MY CAR. I WENT UP AND I TALKED TO HIM AND IT TURNS OUT HE IS THE SURVIVING VICTIM IN ALL OF THIS. I TALKED TO ME TOLD ME EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED HERE INSIDE COKE HEAD TODAY. HE ALSO IDENTIFY THE MAN WHO DIED IN THIS. HE SAYS THAT AS HIS CO-WORKER WHOSE NAME IS JONATHAN SHAFER HAS FOR THAT ALLEGED GUNMAN COLOMBE. HE HAS WORKED IN RESTAURANTS ALL OVER THE STATE AND WE HAVE ALSO FOUND HE SPENT TIME IN PRISON. &gt;&gt; YEAH. SO. IT'S A BULLET STILL LODGED. IN MY HAND HERE. JOHNATHAN AGUILAR STILL HAS A BULLET LODGED IN HIS ARM. THE WHOLE DAY. A TRAUMATIC BLUR. I IMAGINE YOU'RE STILL PROCESSING EVERYTHING. &gt;&gt; IT FEELS LIKE A DREAM. HONESTLY. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I EXPERIENCED THAT. &gt;&gt; BUT I HAVE IT OR SAYS THE RESTAURANT WAS 5 MINUTES FROM OPENING WHEN EVERY TEAM STAFF MEETING TURNED INTO A MURDER SCENE LIKE? &gt;&gt; AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT'S JUST GEORGE ONE WHO HAVE WON. WHY? WHY? &gt;&gt; I'M NOT REALLY TOO SURE. HONESTLY, HE SAYS HE HAD SEEN NO RED FLAGS IN COLUMBUS BEHAVIOR. WRAL INVESTIGATES FOUND THOUGH HE DOES HAVE A CRIMINAL PAST BEFORE HIS 11 YEARS WORKING IN RESTAURANTS ALL OVER NORTH CAROLINA. HE WAS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN 2011 COURT RECORDS OBTAINED BY WRAL SHOW GEORGE COLOGNE WAS CONVICTED OF POSSESSING A STOLEN FIREARM IN NEW MEXICO. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 40 MONTHS IN NORTH CAROLINA. HE ALSO HAD SOME RUN-INS WITH THE LAW FOR MINOR DRUG CHARGES. AGUILAR SAYS COLOGNE WAS WELL LIKED AT COQUETTE MAKING HIS ACTIONS TODAY. ALL THE MORE PERPLEXING KNOWING THEIR HEAD AND THE REASON TO HATE HIM OR DISLIKE HIM OR HAVE ANYTHING. &gt;&gt; PERSONAL AGAINST THEM, YOU KNOW, NOT TO MY &gt;&gt; AND CO-OWNS MOST RECENT RUN-IN WITH THE LAW BEFORE TODAY WAS ACTUALLY JUST 3 DAYS AGO IN ORANGE COUNTY. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO MISDEMEANOR, LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT FOR THAT. HE WAS ORDERED TO PAY ABOUT $200 IN COURT DAN, THAT WAS 3 DAYS AGO. NOW, HERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THIS TRAGIC SITUATION. &gt;&gt; SARAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE CANNOT UNDERSTATE HOW HECTIC. AND THIS HAS BEEN TODAY THAT SHOOTING AT 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING CAUSED THIS ENTIRE BUSY AREA INTO LOCKDOWN. HAD SCHOOLS ON LOCKDOWN AHEAD. BUSY TRAFFIC SHUT DOWN ON VERY BUSY ROADS AS PEOPLE WHO SHOP AND LIVE HERE WERE TOLD TO HUNKER DOWN AS A TON OF POLICE OFFICERS. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SWARMED THIS AREA WRAL'S CHELSEA DONOVAN. IF YOU'RE WATCHING OUR LIVE CONTINUOUS COVERAGE EARLIER, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSEST TO ALL OF THE CHELSEA. &gt;&gt; COQUETTE, AS YOU MENTIONED, REMAINS CLOSED AT THIS HOUR AS WELL. IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A RESTAURANT THAT NORMALLY WOULD BE PACKED. IT'S HARD TO GET A RESERVATION. NONETHELESS, A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. I'M GOING TO STEP ASIDE SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF POLICE ACTIVITY RIGHT THERE. IT IS THE CORNER THERE OF THE CIRCLE HERE IN NORTH HILLS. I WALKED ACROSS THE STREET, WENT INTO THE PARKING LOT, WENT RIGHT UP TO THAT POLICE TAPE. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO THAT I CAPTURED WHERE I WAS ABLE TO SEE DETECTIVES GOING IN AND OUT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THE RESTAURANT. I SAW SEVERAL EVIDENCE MARKERS AS WELL AS A PILE OF BLOODIED CLOTHES. SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE SOME OF THE EVIDENCE THAT HAS LEFT BEHIND. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THEY ARE FINDING AND GOING THROUGH INSIDE OF THIS RESTAURANT AS THEY ARE SIFTING THROUGH A EVIDENCE. FINGERPRINTS, VIDEO, YOU NAME IT. SO WE UNDERSTAND AGAIN, ONE PERSON WAS SHOT DEAD BY ANOTHER MAN, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. THAT MAN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF AND THE PERSON THAT YOU JUST HEARD SARAH TALKED TO WAS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER. THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE OK, THIS WAS ALL TARGETED PART OF AN ONGOING DISPUTE. NOW, THIS HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE THE RESTAURANT OPENED AT 11 O'CLOCK. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE SHOPPING AND EATING LUNCH AND EVEN THAT LIVE HERE, THEY WERE STUCK IN THIS MADNESS FOR HOURS. &gt;&gt; TELL ME WHAT UNFOLDED AFTER YOU CAME OUT OF THE. &gt;&gt; NOTHING. NOTHING JUST AS COULD BE GOING INTO A COUPLE DOZEN POLICE CARS AND SWAT TEAMS WILL MEET ALL OVER. &gt;&gt; I HAVE REALLY ALL BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN RALEIGH IN THIS AREA SINCE 2014 AND NEVER WOULD EXPECT ANYTHING LIKE THAT HERE IN THIS AREA. &gt;&gt; YEAH, FOR FOR MANY HOURS, 4 HOURS OR SO. THIS PLACE WAS PARALYZED HERE IN MIDTOWN RALEIGH. IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY. THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION THAT IS NOW JUST STARTING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE MOTIVE BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND THE PERSON WHO WAS SHOT. WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION THERE WAS A VERY LARGE PERIMETER AND THE EARLY STAGES OF THIS INVESTIGATION. THAT'S BECAUSE POLICE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE GOING BUSINESS BY BUSINESS DOOR TO DOOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER PUBLIC THREAT. NO ONE ELSE WAS HARMED. AND WE UNDERSTAND, AS CHIEF PATTERSON MENTIONED, THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST WAITING THE ANSWERS AS TO WHY ALL OF THIS UNFOLD. &gt;&gt; CHELSEA, THANK YOU. AND WE WANT TO SO WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOLD US HOW QUICKLY POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SKIN. IT WAS VERY TELLING IN A PIECE OF VIDEO WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU NOW SHOWING THE VERY MOMENTS AFTER THOSE SHOTS WERE FIRED IN THOSE VICTIMS WERE BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE RESTAURANT. FOR THAT, WE WILL SEND THINGS OVER TO BRIAN SHRADER IN THE LIVE CENTER. BRYANT THEN WANT TO WARN THAT SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THIS DISTRESSING TO WATCH. MUST SET THIS UP WITH A MAP ZOOMING IN TO THE NORTH HILLS AREA. THE VIDEO THAT OUR VIEWERS SENT TO US WAS SHOT RIGHT HERE ALONG THE SIDEWALK THERE NEAR COQUETTE. AND THE OTHER VIEW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS ACROSS THE STREET ACROSS 6 FORKS ROAD. &gt;&gt; FROM THE WRAL LIVE NETWORK CAMERA THAT WE HAVE THERE NOW. THIS IS THAT VIEWER VIDEO. THEY SENT IT TO US AT WRAL DOT COM SLASH REPORTED. YOU CAN SEE RALEIGH POLICE PAIRING TO CARRY SOMEONE OUT AWAY FROM THE RESTAURANT BACK TOWARDS 6 FORKS ROAD. THIS IS ABOUT 11. 0, 7 THIS MORNING. AND NOW THIS IS THE VIEW FROM ACROSS 6 FORKS ROAD THERE FROM THE WRAL CAMERA WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEY CONTINUE TO CARRY THAT PERSON OUT TOWARDS 6 FORKS ROAD. IT WAS JUST MOMENTS LATER THE RALEIGH POLICE SHUT DOWN 6 FORKS ROAD COMPLETELY AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW FROM SKY 5. THE ENTRANCE TO NORTH HILLS STILL IS BLOCKED, BUT SLOWLY, BUT SURELY THINGS ARE IN GETTING BACK TO NORMAL THERE. AND THAT PART OF RALEIGH, DAN. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, WE'LL TAKE IT A VERY HECTIC DAY THERE AT NORTH HILLS. &gt;&gt; WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TALKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE MALL WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. WRAL'S DESTINY. PATTERSON JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH MORE ON THAT DESTINY. &gt;&gt; WELL, I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'VE GOT MORE OF THAT TYPICAL TRAFFIC. THE COMMUTER TRAFFIC AFTER WORK HERE ALONG 6 FORKS ROAD AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE HERE TO NORTH HILLS IS STILL BLOCKED OFF AS POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION. &gt;&gt; TAKE A LOOK AT THIS REPORT AND VIDEO I COUNTED ABOUT A DOZEN ARMED OFFICERS ENTERING THE PARKING MARKET. THAT'S RIGHT NEAR THE HARRIS TEETER GROCERY STORE IN NORTH HILLS. RALEIGH. POLICE SAY THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WENT THROUGH SEARCHING NEARBY BUSINESSES FOR OTHER SUSPECTS OR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT. ONE MAN SAYS THAT HE WAS RUNNING ERRANDS NEAR COQUETTE RIGHT AROUND WHEN THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED PLACE. WE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID JUST STAY WHERE YOU ARE. DON'T DON'T DON'T GET OUT. THE LEAS. &gt;&gt; AND SO I KIND OF SAT THERE FOR 15 MINUTES WHERE I SAW THIS LOTS OF PLACES I WALKED IN AROUND US. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM EVEN HAD A SHIELD IN FRONT SEVERAL OF THEM HAD DIFFERENT KINDS OF GUN. NOW WHEN HE WENT HOME TO WATCH THE NEWS AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HE SAID THAT HE SAW HIS CAR ON OUR BROADCAST. THAT'S JUST HOW CLOSE HE WAS TO WEAR THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED. &gt;&gt; AND AGAIN, PUTTING THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES HERE FOR NORTH HILLS. AND THERE IS STILL A VERY, VERY HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COQUETTE RESTAURANT. NOW, FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING WHAT RALEIGH POLICE HAVE TOLD US THAT THIS AREA IS STARTING TO OPEN BACK UP. BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE ACCESS IS VERY LIMITED AS THEY</p>

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