Authorities have launched a manhunt for 20-year-old Kea'yon Dorrell Richardson, who is the primary suspect in a fatal shooting at a Wadesboro apartment complex on Wednesday night. The Wadesboro Police Department received a call around 8:38 p.m. and responded to the Oak Hill Apartments on North Greene Street, where a woman was discovered with gunshot wounds. Tragically, she died before she could be taken to a hospital. Richardson, who celebrated his 20th birthday last Tuesday, is considered armed and dangerous, and officials are urging the public to call 911 if they encounter him, according to QC News.
The Wadesboro Police have enlisted the assistance of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation in what has quickly become not only a local, but a state concern. As detailed by WCNC, an active arrest warrant for murder has been issued against Richardson. In a kindred bid to urgently capture Richardson, the department took to social media, releasing a statement that galvanized the community into awareness and precaution.
In an unexpected turn of events, the suspect was apprehended on Thursday in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. The arrest of Kea'yon Dorrell Richardson brings a measure of closure to the unsettling series of events that began with the distress call to Wadesboro Police the night prior. A report by WSOC-TV specifies that officers were summoned to the crime scene at approximately 8:35 p.m., where they found the female victim dead from a gunshot wound, pronounced by EMS upon their arrival.
The Wadesboro Police Department has not yet released further details on the motive behind the shooting or the relationship between Richardson and the victim.
