Derrick Bell, 42, a Black man from Raleigh, was shot multiple times in the early morning hours of September 12, 2025, on the 1100 block of Pettis Place near Rock Quarry Road. Officers arrived about 2:10–2:15 a.m., found him gravely wounded, and he was rushed to a hospital where he later died; a local funeral home obituary lists his date of death as September 12.

Police later identified 43-year-old Bryant Lanorris Baldwin as a suspect and arrested him; Baldwin was charged with murder, discharging a weapon into an occupied property, and possession of a firearm by a felon. Authorities noted he was scheduled for a court appearance the following Tuesday but did not describe how they connected him to the shooting. The attack took place on a short street directly in front of Raleigh National Cemetery, highlighting how close the violence came to a place of solemn remembrance.

Detectives asked anyone with information to contact the department’s tip line as the Homicide Unit continued the investigation. Does anyone in the area have information about that night on Pettis Place?