Two Suspects Face Charges After Armed North Carolina Home Invasion
I want to lay out the facts first — plain and sharp. On Oct. 31, just after 11:00 p.m., a residence in the 300 block of South Kerr Avenue was violently invaded by several masked, armed suspects. Neighbors called police; officers from the Wilmington Police Department responded to the scene.
You should know what the intruders did: they forced their way in carrying firearms and a crowbar, woke the occupant, assaulted them, and took a safe, jewelry, and cash. This wasn’t a smash-and-grab — it was a coordinated, violent entry with weapons and clear intention to take valuables and control the scene.
I’m including the timeline detail because timing matters: a late-night break-in like this changes how people in that block sleep, how witnesses remember details, and how investigators pursue leads. WPD detectives — with help from the Gang Unit and other agencies — quickly treated this as a serious, multi-offender crime rather than an opportunistic burglary…