Arrest warrants show Raleigh police have arrested four men in connection to the New Year's Day shooting death of a 37-year-old man.
Martinus Starks, Vidaul Reed, Anthony Cheever and David Stephens are each charged with murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy robbery with a dangerous weapon in the shooting death of Jonas Padilla, arrest warrants show. Padilla was 37.
Starks, 41, and Reed, 29, both live in Fayetteville.
Cheever, 33, lives in Garner.
Stephens, 24, lives in Spring Lake.
Neighbors tell WRAL News they heard gunshots after a motorcycle crash around 5 p.m. on Jan. 1 on Bayberry Lane near Fawndale Drive. The Valley Estates neighborhood is just west of Lead Mine Road.
Investigators said a man was thrown from his motorcycle. He was transported to the hospital but died from his injuries.
WRAL News sources confirmed Padilla was the victim. Padilla lived nearby, according to many neighbors and friends that WRAL News spoke with on Thursday.
A rock marked with “I love you dad” sits outside a small memorial near Bayberry Lane in the Valley Estates neighborhood. There is also a freshly-painted sign that says, “lefty,’ and the letters ... “GFPD.”
Many neighbors in the community said they heard five to six gunshots on Sunday and motorcycles driving away.
Sources also told WRAL News that the death is believed to have been a result of a motorcycle gang rivalry.
Neighbors said Raleigh police were on the scene after the incident for more than 12 hours collecting evidence and doorbell video.
On Wednesday, Raleigh police confirmed they were investigating the motorcycle crash as a homicide.
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