Two arrested after Currituck SWAT deployment following shooting incident
By ObxLedger
Published Oct 6, 2025
2 min read
On Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at about 9:00 p.m., the Currituck County Sheriff’s Office received a call reporting a shooting.
Over the next several hours, investigators identified multiple suspects in connection with the incident. In the early morning hours of Thursday, October 2, at roughly 3:30 a.m., the county’s SWAT team executed a search warrant in the 100 block of Maple Road, resulting in the arrest of **Phillip Burd**, age 18.
Later that same day, around 5:30 p.m., simultaneous search warrants were carried out in the 100 blocks of Faris Drive and Holly Crescent within the Walnut Island subdivision. During those operations, a **17-year-old juvenile** was taken into custody. Evidence supporting the shooting allegations and other offenses was recovered at those locations.
Both suspects are also believed to have been involved in a series of break-ins in Currituck County. During the searches, law enforcement agents recovered evidence linking them to burglary and theft cases.
**Charges and custody**
* **Phillip Burd** is charged with:
• Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle
• Breaking and Entering
• Larceny After Breaking and Entering
He is being held in the Currituck County Detention Center with **no bond**.
* **The 17-year-old juvenile** faces:
• Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle
• Breaking and Entering
• Larceny After Breaking and Entering
• Possession of Stolen Property
He has been transported to the Pitt Regional Juvenile Detention Center and is also held **on no bond**.
The sheriff’s office says the investigation is still active and more details may be released as it develops.
