DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — ABC11 has obtained transcripts of a 911 call from the morning of the home invasion that left a Raleigh teacher dead.

The emergency call placed by Ravenscroft teacher Zoe Welsh revealed that she recognized her attacker.

“A man just broke in through the window. Uh, he is a homeless man, I have seen in the park at Fred Fletcher,” she told the dispatcher.

Welsh was assaulted by an intruder in her Clay Street home and later died from her injuries last Saturday morning.

“He hit me with a brick — he hit me with a brick. I’m on the floor in my bedroom. Please…” Welsh told the dispatcher.

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The dispatcher then asked Welsh several times whether she was still there, but got no response.

Raleigh police officers arrived, and one of the officers quickly recognized Welsh’s injuries — a hemorrhage to the left side of her head.

She was taken to a hospital where she later died.

The suspect was later identified as 36-year-old Ryan Camacho, a man with a long criminal history in Wake and Durham counties.

Police said the audio from the call will not be released.

Some neighborhood residents said they still felt uneasy.

“I feel like I need to be protected. I’m not walking here with anything to protect myself, but I’m definitely more on watch than I usually am,” said Anna Ferton, a neighbor. “Definitely makes you think a little bit more about the neighborhood. You feel like this is a safe, quiet neighborhood, and things like this don’t really happen that much. But I’ve definitely been on guard.

“This is my first time walking, walking outside since instead of walking on my own,” she added.

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Welsh was killed in her home during a reported break-in and an outpouring of support has started online.

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