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Syncere Pigford was taken into custody Friday near the intersection of North King Charles Road and Tudor Place. Pigford has an outstanding secure custody order for murder and was seen in recent days at three Raleigh high schools.

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<p>NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN GO HOME. &gt;&gt; BREAKING NEWS. WE JUST LEARNED THE TEENAGER WANTED FOR MURDER, WHO'S MADE STOPS AT 3 LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS THIS WEEK IS NOW IN CUSTODY IS CERTAINLY A SIGH OF RELIEF RIGHT THERE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, SINCERE PICKFORD WAS SEEN AT. &gt;&gt; ATHENS DRIVE BROUGHT IN AND AND LOW HIGH SCHOOLS. YOU SEE THEM HERE ON THIS MAP AND WRAL'S. SEAN GALLAGHER IS OUTSIDE AND LOW RIGHT NOW WHERE HE SPOKE TO SOME OF THE STUDENTS THERE ENGINE WHERE THEY HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW SAFE THEY'RE FEELING WITH ALL THIS GOING DOWN. &gt;&gt; YEAH. THE STUDENTS THAT I SPOKE TO SAID THAT THEY WERE REALLY CONCERNED WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THERE WAS A TEENAGE MURDER SUSPECT, TOO, WAS SIMPLY ABLE TO WALTZ ON TO THEIR CAMPUS. AND YES, HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOL, BUT IT'S LED TO THAT INCREASED SECURITY PRESENCE THAT YOU SEE HERE. THERE ARE 2 RALEIGH POLICE OFFICERS WE'VE SEEN IN THE STUDENTS. I SPOKE TO &gt;&gt; SAY THAT THEY THEY HAVE SEEN THAT INCREASE AS WELL. AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON THEIR CAMPUS. WE ARE SEEING VIDEO FROM SKY 5 OF THE APPREHENSION OF SINCERE PICKFORD. HE WAS SEEN HERE AT ENLOE ATHENS ROAD AND BROUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL. I THEY BROUGHT THIS INCREASED SECURITY PRESENCE AT ALL. 3 OF THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE HE JUST WALKED ONTO CAMPUS, KNOW ADMINISTRATORS DID IDENTIFY HIM AS A TRESPASSER AND HAVE HIM REMOVED, THOUGH THEY WERE UNAWARE THAT HE WAS WANTED FOR MURDER IN THESE CASES. AND WE DO SEE THAT HE IS IN CUSTODY AT THIS TIME. BUT STILL THE STUDENTS WERE UNAWARE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THEIR SCHOOL AND TELL ME THAT THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED THAT HE WAS SO EASILY ABLE TO GET ON SCHOOL GROUNDS SO EASILY. AND NOW THE WE KNOW THAT PICKFORD HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND I KNOW THERE WERE 2 OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALREADY IN CUSTODY AS WELL FOR THAT MURDER BACK ON JUNE, 30TH. AND WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH A SINCERE PICKFORD NOW THAT HE, AGAIN IS IN CUSTODY LIVE OUTSIDE THE MILE HIGH SCHOOL. SEAN GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS. AND YOU SEE SKY 5 RIGHT THERE OVER THE SCENE HERE, TAKING A PERSON IN CUSTODY THERE. &gt;&gt; ASSUMING THAT IS PAID FOR THAT THEY'RE TAKING TO THE NORTH. KING STREET IS A LOCATION THERE IN RALEIGH WHERE HE'S JUST BEEN PUT IN THAT A POLICE VEHICLE RIGHT THERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS HAD MANY SCHOOLS ON EDGE AND INCREASE RESPONSE AT ALL. WAKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS MORNING WHEN THEY GOT TO SCHOOL. LOT OF KIDS SAW THAT HIGH SCHOOLS SPEAKING ANYWAY. BUT THE 3 THAT HE HAD MADE ENTRY INTO RENEE CERTAINLY HAS TO BE UPSETTING FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. &gt;&gt; AND WAKE SCHOOLS PUT OUT IN AN EMAIL TO ALL FAMILIES IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ABOUT HOW SINCE YOU'RE PICKFORD HAD BEEN SPOTTED AT THESE 3 RALEIGH, HIGH SCHOOLS. &gt;&gt; BUT WHERE? &gt;&gt; PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL NOTICED THAT THE PERSON WAS TRESPASSING AND TOLD HIM TO LEAVE. BUT AT THE TIME THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT HE WAS WANTED FOR MURDER. SO HE LEFT THE CAMPUS IN ALL THOSE INCIDENTS. BUT ONCE RALEIGH POLICE ACCORDED WITH WAKE SCHOOLS, THEY DECIDED TO INCREASE SECURITY AT ALL. RALEIGH, HIGH SCHOOLS THIS MORNING. AND SO FOR MANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL TODAY SHOWING UP TO CLASS. YOU PROBABLY SAW OF SEVERAL MORE POLICE VEHICLES THERE ON SCENE AS POLICE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THIS TEENAGER. AND RIGHT NOW SKY 5 SHOWING YOU LIVE THAT TEENAGER THAT THEY'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR IS NOW IN CUSTODY. AND YOU JUST SAW HIM HANDCUFFED. AND IN 2 THAT VEHICLE AND NORTH KING CHARLES AND TUTOR STREETS, THE INTERSECTION. &gt;&gt; THERE YOU SEE THE CANINES THERE HELPING THEM TO TRACK THAT SUSPECT RIGHT THERE. CHELSEA DONOVAN HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US ALL MORNING LONG. WE CAN GO BACK OUT LIVE TO OR FOR MORE INFORMATION SHALL SEE. &gt;&gt; YEAH. SO AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE AT THE CORNER OF NORTH KING CHARLES AND TUTOR. THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO AND WILL END LOW HIGH SCHOOL. ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS HERE IN WAKE COUNTY THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT PICKFORD WALKED INTO PERHAPS NUMEROUS TIMES DURING THIS WEEK. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS BRICK HOUSE HERE WITH THE PURPLE COLOR SHUTTERS. THAT IS THE HOUSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CENTERED AROUND FOR THE LAST HOUR. AND IF OUR PHOTOJOURNALIST ED WILSON CAN PAN TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE NUMEROUS PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICERS. THERE WAS DRONES IN THE AIR AND YOU CAN SEE A CANINE ON THE GROUND. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND RALEIGH POLICE DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, WORKING IN TANDEM THROUGHOUT THE LAST DAY AND OVERNIGHT WORKING TO BRING THIS 3RD MURDER SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS 2 BROTHERS THAT WERE ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE MURDER OF 24 YEAR-OLD SERENITY. SPENCER. THAT IS A MURDER THAT OCCURRED ON JUNE. 30TH ON HODGE ROAD IN WINDOW. SO WE KNOW THAT 2 MURDER SUSPECTS WERE APPREHENDED BY THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND WE UNDERSTAND THE 3RD WAS NOT THE DETAILS OF THAT ARE STILL UNCLEAR. BUT WE UNDERSTAND JUST MOMENTS AGO, OUR CAPTURE OUR CAMERAS CAPTURED AND OF COURSE, SKY 5 CAPTURED. IT'S SO I'M SORRY, SINCERE PICKFORD BEING CAPTURED AND BROUGHT INTO CUSTODY. NEAR END LOW HIGH SCHOOL. AGAIN, WE'RE ON NORTH KING CHARLES AND TUTOR. WE'RE WE CAN SEE SOME OF THAT VIDEO NOW OF HIM BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS AT OR BEHIND THIS BRICK HOUSE HERE ON KING CHARLES. OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN ALARMING MORNING FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND STAFF AT ALL OF THESE HIGH SCHOOLS. WE MULTIPLE TIMES THIS WEEK HE ENTERED ATHENS, DRIVE HIGH SCHOOL AND LOW AS WELL AS BROADEN. AND THIS MORNING, WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS A TRUST PASSER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. AND OF COURSE, THIS MORNING ALERTING STUDENTS AND STAFF TO AND PARENTS TO THAT. AND THAT'S WHY. HAVE INCREASED THAT SECURITY AROUND ALL OF THIS. WAKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS EARLY TODAY. BUT I'M HOPING THAT PARENTS, STUDENTS AND STAFF, OF COURSE, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THIS AREA CAN BREATHE A LITTLE EASIER AS WE KNOW THAT SINCERE PICKFORD IS IN THE CUSTODY OF AUTHORITIES. THIS NEWS. &gt;&gt; OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH CHRIS LOVINGOOD IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER TO GIVE US A SENSE OF WHERE THIS ALL IS. CHRIS MORNING AND IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET FOR PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? LET'S LOOK AT THIS MAP HERE. SO I'M GOING KIND OF DRAW YOU WHERE WE ARE. SO HERE IS ENLOE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT? AND THEN OVER HERE, WE'VE GOT NORTH KING CHARLES ROAD. AND THEN THERE'S TO REPLACE. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS MAP, ROUGHLY, THIS IS SORT OF THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT LOOK AT HOW CLOSE IT IS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE. AND AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, THERE WERE 3 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT PARENTS WERE ALERTED ABOUT THERE BEING EXTRA POLICE PRESENCE THERE. KIND OF BEING ON ALERT, LOOKING FOR HIM THIS THIS MORNING. BUT NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT HERE AGAIN, NOT TOO FAR AWAY. THIS IS MAYBE MAYBE LESS THAN A MILE AWAY FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON KEEPING OUR EYES ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK ARE THE BIGGEST THING WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ACTUALLY LED THEM TO DISCOVER THAT HE WAS IN THAT LOCATION THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART HERE. SO AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING US HERE AGAIN, HERE'S AND THE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN HERE IS TO REPLACE. HERE'S NORTH KING CHARLES ROAD. AND THIS IS WHERE THE AREA WE BELIEVE THAT THEY FOUND SINCE HERE AT PICKFORD IN THAT AREA. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON TRYING TO CONTACT POLICE SOURCES HERE IN THE WRAL NEWSROOM. WE HAVE OTHER CALLS BEING MADE OUT AS WELL TO TRY TO GET MORE SPECIFICS. BUT THE VISUALS THAT WE HAVE SEEN TODAY CLEARLY FROM SKY 5 SHOWING THAT THAT APPEARS TO BE SINCERE PICK FOR BEING CAPTURED. &gt;&gt; AND VERY NEAR ONE OF THE 3 SCHOOLS WHERE HE HAS BEEN LOCATED THERE AND WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS IN PREVIOUS TIMES MULTIPLE TIMES IN 2 AND A HIGH SCHOOL IN PLENTY OF RELIEF. NOW FOR A STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF. &gt;&gt; FAMILIES CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. A TEENAGER WHO'S WANTED FOR A MURDER THAT TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 30TH AND RALEIGH POLICE GIVING US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION. SOME CONTEXT ON WHAT THAT INVESTIGATION STEMS FROM. THAT WAS ON JUNE. 30TH WHEN DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING OF HODGE ROAD NEAR WENDELL AND WOMAN HAD A GUN SHOT WOUND. SHE LATER DIED AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A 3RD PERSON IN THAT INVESTIGATION. THEY TELL US THAT SINCERE PIGS FOR IS THAT 3RD PERSON, THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR HIM. HE HAD BEEN SPOTTED AT 3 RALEIGH, HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE PAST 2 DAYS, WHICH CERTAINLY HAVE PEOPLE CONCERNED. AND THAT'S WHY WE SAW INCREASED SECURITY AT ALL. RALEIGH, HIGH SCHOOLS. THAT WAS A DECISION BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND RALEIGH POLICE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND JUST WITHIN THE LAST 5 MINUTES AS YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING LIVE</p>

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