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Raleigh: Quincy Lamont Thompson Jr. charged after man shot on Camden Street, police say

CBS 17, citing city police, put Saturday's call in the 200 block of Camden Street just before 7:20 p.m. Thompson, 25, was arrested Sunday and held with no bond, that account says. One independent news report.

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What we know

Confirmed

  • Raleigh police officers received a shots-fired call in the 200 block of Camden Street just before 7:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, 2026, and were later told a person had been shot in the area.Confirmed by Raleigh Police Department, as reported by CBS 17 (posted Oct. 26, 2026)
  • When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.Confirmed by Raleigh Police Department, as reported by CBS 17 (posted Oct. 26, 2026)
  • As of Sunday afternoon, CBS 17 wrote, the department said the wounded man was still receiving medical treatment. Officials have not released his name.Confirmed by Raleigh Police Department, as reported by CBS 17 (posted Oct. 26, 2026)
  • CBS 17, citing the department, wrote that an investigation determined the wounded man and the person later charged had been speaking before the shooting, and that the suspect fled the scene.Confirmed by Raleigh Police Department, as reported by CBS 17 (posted Oct. 26, 2026)
  • Police identified Quincy Lamont Thompson Jr., 25, of Raleigh, and arrested him Sunday, the day after the shooting, CBS 17 reported.Confirmed by Raleigh Police Department, as reported by CBS 17 (posted Oct. 26, 2026)
  • He is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon.Confirmed by Raleigh Police Department, as reported by CBS 17 (posted Oct. 26, 2026)
  • CBS 17, citing records, wrote that Thompson pleaded guilty in Wake County on Feb. 9 to possessing a Schedule II controlled substance with intent to sell, manufacture and deliver, and that he was released on parole May 10. We have not read those records ourselves.Confirmed by Records, as reported by CBS 17 (posted Oct. 26, 2026; modified 1:23 p.m. ET)
  • CBS 17, citing records, wrote that Thompson was not given bond and was scheduled to make his first appearance in Wake County court on Monday afternoon. This file does not report the outcome of that appearance.Confirmed by Records, as reported by CBS 17 (posted Oct. 26, 2026)
  • This story rests on one independent news account, CBS 17, plus the statute text. A Monday afternoon look at the Wake County Sheriff inmate catalog did not give us a listing we could confirm.Confirmed by Editorial verification note; Wake County Sheriff's Office inmate catalog (fetched Oct. 26, 2026)

Alleged or reported

  • Thompson committed assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and possessed a firearm as a person previously convicted of a felony.Raleigh Police Department charges, as reported by CBS 17. A charge is an accusation. Thompson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court

Still unknown

  • The name and current condition of the wounded man
  • What was said before the shooting, and what led to it
  • Whether Monday's first appearance happened, and its outcome
  • A written Raleigh Police Department release
  • A public jail listing we can read ourselves

What this means for you

Public safety
A charge is an accusation. Thompson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. This story is not an official or emergency notice. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.

Instructions from Raleigh Police Department, as reported by CBS 17; Raleigh/Wake Crime Stoppers

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What happened

In Raleigh, officers answered a shots-fired call in the 200 block of Camden Street just before 7:20 p.m. Saturday and found a man with a gunshot wound, according to the city's police force as reported by CBS 17.

The station wrote that he was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and that as of Sunday afternoon he was still being treated. His name has not been released.

That same account said investigators concluded the injured man and the person later charged had been talking beforehand, and that the suspect left the scene.

The department identified Quincy Lamont Thompson Jr., 25, of Raleigh, and arrested him Sunday, CBS 17 reported. He is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon.

CBS 17, citing records, said he pleaded guilty in Wake County on Feb. 9 to possessing a Schedule II controlled substance with intent to sell, manufacture and deliver, was released on parole May 10, was held with no bond, and was due in court Monday afternoon. This file has not seen those records.

A charge is an accusation. Thompson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

This file has one independent news account. No second outlet or written department release has turned up.

This site is not Raleigh's police force. If anyone is in danger, call 911.

What we don't know yet

The injured man has not been identified. The department has not said what led to the shooting, and we do not have the result of Monday's first appearance.

What happens next

We will update this story if the department posts its own account, if a jail listing appears that we can read, or if court action is reported.

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Why it matters

Raleigh police have charged a man after a Saturday shooting on Camden Street left a person with life-threatening injuries, CBS 17 reported. Readers need what that account attributed to the department, that a charge is not a conviction, and that we have only one independent news report so far.

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Updates

  1. Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 PM

    CBS 17, citing Raleigh police, reports a Saturday shots-fired call in the 200 block of Camden Street just before 7:20 p.m., a man with life-threatening gunshot injuries, and the Sunday arrest of Quincy Lamont Thompson Jr., 25, on assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon. The station, citing records, wrote he was held with no bond. One independent news account.

Sources

  1. Felon charged in Raleigh shooting that left man with life-threatening injuries: Police (CBS 17 / WNCN, posted 11:13 a.m. ET Oct. 26, 2026, modified 1:23 p.m. ET: Raleigh Police Department; shots-fired call in the 200 block of Camden Street just before 7:20 p.m.; later told a person was shot; officers found a man with a gunshot wound; hospital with life-threatening injuries; Sunday afternoon still receiving treatment; investigation determined victim and suspect were speaking before the shooting; suspect fled; Quincy Lamont Thompson Jr., 25, of Raleigh, arrested Sunday, the day after; charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon; records, pleaded guilty in Wake County on Feb. 9 to possessing a Schedule II controlled substance with intent to sell, manufacture, and deliver; released on parole May 10; records show no bond; first appearance Monday afternoon. Read via the station's public WordPress JSON because the HTML page returned 403 here. Text-only; no CBS 17 photos used.)

    Official sourcePublished by Raleigh Police Department, via CBS 17 (WNCN) · Checked Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 PM

  2. N.C. General Statute 14-32, felonious assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflicting serious injury (background on the assault charge named by CBS 17; subsection (a) is assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury)

    Official sourcePublished by North Carolina General Assembly · Checked Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 PM

  3. N.C. General Statute 14-415.1, possession of firearms by a felon (background on the firearm charge named by CBS 17)

    Official sourcePublished by North Carolina General Assembly · Checked Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 PM

  4. Wake County Sheriff's Office inmate catalog (fetched Oct. 26, 2026, afternoon ET). The public list did not give us a confirmed row for Quincy Lamont Thompson Jr. that we could read. Not treated as a booking confirmation.

    Official sourcePublished by Wake County Sheriff's Office · Checked Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 PM

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