Man charged with fatal shooting after 'hoodlums' complaint

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A white man who apparently called police to complain about "hoodlums" near his house was charged with murder after he shot and killed a black man outside, authorities said.

The shooting happened early Sunday morning when 39-year-old Chad Cameron Copley fired a shotgun from inside his garage and hit the victim, according to a Raleigh Police Department news release.

A male relative who answered the phone Monday at a listing for members of the victim's family said they weren't doing well.

Police released an audio recording of a 911 call that came in shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday in which a male caller tells a dispatcher that he's "locked and loaded" and preparing to go outside.

Saying there are people outside with guns, he tells the dispatcher he is on neighborhood watch and asks them to send police.

Hourigan said state law prohibits the police from releasing the identity of emergency callers.

The surrounding Census tract is about 60 percent white and almost 30 percent black, with a median household income of about $76,000 — well above the state as a whole, according to 2014 Census estimates.