Man arrested in South Carolina, charged in shooting death of Fayetteville 17-year-old :: WRAL.com

Fayetteville, N.C. — Federal brokers in South Carolina have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection to a 17-year-old Fayetteville boy’s capturing dying that occurred in Could.

The U.S. Marshals Service Job Drive arrested Lamon Isaiah Townsend on Thursday in Bennettsville, South Carolina. Authorities will take Townsend again to Fayetteville. Townsend is charged with first-degree homicide.

On Could 13, a 17-year-old was shot a number of occasions and killed on the 5700 block of Yadkin Street. Witnesses instructed WRAL Information the capturing spurred from a combat at a Sonic, after which there was a automotive crash on the intersection of Santa Fe Drive and Yadkin Street.

“I used to be ordering my meals, I heard a gunshot, I seemed up — that is the place I may see the black Chrysler and a grey automotive coming off Bonanza Drive,” a witness mentioned. “You can see the gun and also you hear one other gunshot, after which by the point they acquired down, you could possibly hear the crash and abruptly it appeared like a clip simply emptied.”

Police didn’t say whether or not the teenager was shot whereas he was in his automotive or not. The boy’s identification won’t be launched, police mentioned.