A judge reduced bond for both 18-year-olds as prosecutors described the Foxhound Road confrontation that killed Christopher Peart.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Two 18-year-olds accused in an attempted armed robbery that ended with one defendant’s twin brother dead appeared in Wake County court as prosecutors gave a new account of the fatal confrontation and a judge reduced bond for both defendants.
Christian Peart and a second 18-year-old defendant appeared on charges stemming from Monday night’s shooting on Foxhound Road in northeast Raleigh. Christian Peart’s twin brother, Christopher Peart, 18, was killed during the encounter. Police say the brothers and the second defendant were connected to a plan to rob another person. The allegations remain pending, and neither surviving defendant has been convicted of the charges.
During the hearing, a prosecutor said the intended robbery target told investigators he tried to flee in a vehicle after the robbery attempt began. According to the account presented in court, the man was being shot at as he drove away, crashed the vehicle and then got out and returned fire. Christopher Peart was struck and died from his injuries.
The hearing added new detail to an investigation that began Monday evening when Raleigh officers were called to the Foxhound Road area. Police found Christopher Peart dead and launched a search using officers, dogs and drones. Investigators also examined a damaged vehicle and numerous pieces of evidence in the roadway. At that point, authorities had not publicly described the shooting as the result of an alleged robbery plot.
By Wednesday, police said detectives had determined Christopher Peart and Christian Peart arranged to meet the person they allegedly planned to rob. Investigators also accused another 18-year-old of coordinating the planned robbery. Earlier police-based reports identified that defendant as Chase Ince, while later coverage of the court hearing identified him as Chance Ince. The discrepancy in the reported first name was not immediately clarified in the public accounts reviewed.
Christian Peart was charged with attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon and discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle. Ince was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors have not charged the person who returned fire in Christopher Peart’s death, and police have said that person is cooperating with the investigation.
The court appearance also brought the Peart family’s loss into the proceedings. Family members attended the hearing, and Christian Peart’s defense attorney told the court that relatives had been making funeral arrangements for Christopher Peart. The judge granted Christian Peart permission to attend his brother’s funeral, according to reporting from the hearing.
A judge lowered bond for both defendants. The exact amounts were not included in the public account reviewed. The court ordered that, if released, the defendants remain under house arrest. Those restrictions concern pretrial release and do not represent a finding of guilt.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said the investigation remains ongoing. That leaves open the possibility that investigators could gather additional evidence or revise parts of the case as it moves forward, but authorities have not announced any further charges. The decision not to charge the intended robbery target in Christopher Peart’s death also remains part of the current prosecutorial posture of the case.
The surviving defendants now face the next stages of the Wake County court process while investigators continue reviewing the shooting. Police and prosecutors have described the case as an alleged robbery that escalated into gunfire, but the criminal allegations against Christian Peart and Ince will have to be resolved through the courts.
Author note: Last updated November 6, 2026.