Jury convicts Raleigh homeowner who complained of 'hoodlums in his neighborhood

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The jury found Copley guilty of premeditated murder and determined that he launched a sniper-style attack and ambushed Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas, 20, who was attending a party in Copley’s neighborhood.

Copley called 911 on Aug. 7, 2016, from his home on Singleleaf Lane and told a dispatcher that he was “locked and loaded” and on his way to “secure” his neighborhood from what he called a “bunch of hoodlums.” He can be heard saying “I’m going to kill ’em” before the dispatcher came on the line.

“I’m not saying it’s a dumb crook who calls 911 and rats himself, but that’s what he did,” Latour told jurors.

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In a second 911 call from the house on Singleleaf Lane, the man said he had fired a “warning shot like I’m supposed to by law” and that he “was trying to protect myself and my family.”

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