Winston-Salem Police

Two possibly linked shootings that began at a Winston-Salem park Sunday night left seven people wounded, police say.

Winston-Salem police say a reported kidnapping that sparked an Amber Alert Monday didn't actually happen. 

Police say homicides in Winston-Salem rose by about 50 percent last year compared to 2020.

State investigators are probing the death of a suspect who was shot during an armed standoff with Winston-Salem police last week.

The Winston-Salem Police Department says it suspended a police officer without pay for the way he treated a Black teen during an encounter captured on video last year.

Winston-Salem police say a recent string of news stories about the unsolved murder of Ella Crawley failed to lead to anything useful to the investigation.

An attack on a police substation has been linked to the discovery of two shooting victims from the suspect's family, according to Winston-Salem police.

Winston-Salem police say people who know anything about a rash of shootings over the weekend need to tell police what they know to help stop the violence. 

The weekend saw a spate of mass shootings in cities across the country, leaving at least three people dead and 30 wounded.