A Raleigh man who was involved in a shootout with Raleigh police officers last week now faces federal charges.

Solomon Owens was charged in a deadly Garner shooting sparked by road rage, according to officers. 

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The officer-involved shooting happened last week when officers were trying to take Owens, a murder suspect, into custody.

On Thursday, Raleigh police released a report detailing the investigation into a shooting that injured two officers. The federal crimes include federal charges for possession of a gun by a felon. The gun in question is a model 300BLK rifle.

Garner police swore out murder warrants for Owens related to the road rage killing of Joseph Adams on Feb. 9. According to reports, Owens allegedly shot Adams because Owens felt that Adams did not let him “change lanes” in the area of Timber Drive and Vandora Springs Road in Garner.

Raleigh police went to a Woodbend Drive apartment in north Raleigh on Feb. 19. The report says when officers forced entry into the apartment, Owens fired 10 rounds with an AR-style pistol, striking one officer in the helmet and another officer’s ballistic shield. The officers are ok. Another officer fired two rounds in return. After firing shots, Owens left his apartment and hid behind a woman who held an infant, according to a criminal complaint.

"It makes it much more difficult to the officers, because they have to now consider they have an innocent subject, you know, in the line of fire," said Lee Turner, an attorney and former Raleigh police officer. 

Turner said Thursday's report makes things a lot clearer about how Owens was taken into custody.

Police responded by shooting a non-lethal sponge round, hitting Owens in the leg. Owens was taken into custody.

Owens now faces federal charges of possession of a gun by a felon, in addition to the charges related to the Garner murder investigation and Raleigh shootout. Federal prosecutors say Owens had a Radical Firearms model 300BLK rifle.

“It's a serious charge in state court, but the times that he can be incarcerated ramp up greatly when the Feds pick this charge up,” Turner said.

Owens is being held at the Wake County Detention Center without bond. If convicted, Owens could face life in prison.