WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Benji Martin Jr., who is charged in the death of WakeMed officer Roger Smith has been indicted by a grand jury.

The indictment comes nearly a month after the shooting that happened in the emergency department lobby at WakeMed Garner Healthplex.

The True Bill states that on November 8, 2025, in Wake County, the defendant, unlawfully, willfully and feloniously did with malice aforethought kill and murder Roger Smith.

Benji Martin Jr. was also wounded in the incident and spent two weeks in the hospital. He was released on Friday, Nov. 21, and appeared before a magistrate to be officially charged.

Martin had his first appearance on Monday, Nov. 24, and was ordered held without bond.

Court documents obtained by ABC11 show his defense claims he went to th

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