John Derrick Wright, 51, was shot and killed outside a Waffle House on Westinghouse Boulevard off Capital Boulevard, north of Interstate 440, on December 15, 2017. The shooter was identified as Jason Maurice Griffith, 51, who also shot his wife, Emma Griffith, in the face; she survived and was treated at WakeMed. Authorities describe the attack as stemming from a complex love triangle involving the Griffiths and Wright.

Jason Griffith later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Carolina Biblical Gardens cemetery off Creech Road south of Raleigh. Investigators linked shell casings from the Waffle House scene to a second homicide on December 21, 2017, when 68-year-old Carolyn Jeffries was found shot to death at her Rock Quarry Road home. Wright had lived at the Rock Quarry Road house for several months before moving out in fall 2017, and neighbors had seen Emma Griffith at that residence in recent months.

The Raleigh Police Department is investigating both shootings with assistance from the Wake County District Attorney’s Office. If anyone knew John Wright, Emma Griffith, Jason Griffith, or Carolyn Jeffries or has information about their movements in December 2017, please come forward.