A man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting outside an Alexandria, Virginia apartment complex was captured in rural Sampson County, North Carolina, following a three-week search, and he is now refusing to return to Virginia to face charges. Corey Stubblefield, 38, was taken into custody without incident on August 27 as he walked from a home on Hanson Road toward a nearby highway in Clinton, and he remains held without bond in the Sampson County Detention Center.
Stubblefield is wanted in connection with the shooting death of Charles Talley, who was found suffering from a gunshot wound outside the ParcView Apartments on Holmes Run Parkway. According to The Daily Record, Alexandria Police Detective Bailey Bertolani identified Stubblefield as the person sought under the arrest warrant, which stems from a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, per North Carolina fugitive records. Official Alexandria police records confirm Talley was 36 years old and had no fixed address at the time of the shooting, correcting earlier fugitive paperwork that had listed the victim as 18 and the incident date as July 14; the City of Alexandria's account places the shooting at approximately 11:14 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, when officers responding to reports of gunfire located Talley outside the complex and performed CPR before he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire has since said the killing had a “drug nexus associated with it,” according to ALXnow, offering the first public indication of a possible motive after investigators had initially sought community tips and security footage without disclosing one. The revelation adds context to a case that unfolded as Alexandria police were grappling with a broader mid-summer spike in weapon-related assaults; McGuire noted in late July that the city saw a surge in violent felonious assaults involving weapons even as officers pushed targeted deployments in Old Town and the West End, the same outlet reported.
Three Weeks Underground in Sampson County
In the days following the shooting, Stubblefield traveled to the Clinton area, where Sampson County investigators spent about three weeks trying to track him down, per The Daily Record. North Carolina fugitive warrant records list his local address as 133 Hanson Road in Clinton. Investigators watched him leave that residence on the morning of August 27 and walk toward a nearby highway — with The Daily Record reporting he was headed toward U.S. Highway 301 and ALXnow separately describing his movement toward U.S. Highway 421 — before deputies took him into custody without incident.
The operation to apprehend Stubblefield was coordinated after Virginia authorities obtained an arrest warrant, and the Sampson County Sheriff's Office investigated the case alongside the Alexandria Police Department and federal law enforcement authorities, according to The Daily Record. Sampson County routinely coordinates this kind of interagency fugitive work, often using specialized holding protocols to manage warrants from outside agencies, a pattern Hoodline has previously detailed in its coverage of the county's law enforcement partnerships.
Suspect Refuses to Waive Extradition
Stubblefield appeared before a district court judge on August 28, where he refused to waive extradition back to Virginia. Court records show he was advised of his right to counsel, his right to issuance and service of an extradition warrant, and his right to seek a writ of habeas corpus, The Daily Record reported. Initial court paperwork ordered him held without bond pending his first appearance, and his next court date is scheduled for September 21 at 9 a.m. to allow time for issuance of a formal Governor's Warrant.
That timeline reflects North Carolina's Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, which governs cases where a fugitive refuses extradition. Under the law, the asylum state can hold a suspect for up to 30 days, with a potential 60-day extension, while awaiting a Governor's Warrant signed by both states' executives, according to guidance from the UNC School of Government. Separate guidance from the same source explains that out-of-state fugitives who refuse extradition on serious felony warrants are generally ineligible for bail set by local magistrates, since state attorney general guidance holds that executive extradition warrants carry no independent right to judicial bail — a rule that explains why Stubblefield remains held without bond in Sampson County.
Officials Point to Interagency Cooperation
Marcus Smith said the arrest demonstrates what can be accomplished when law enforcement agencies work together across jurisdictional lines, per The Daily Record's reporting. Smith added that people who come to Sampson County to avoid apprehension should expect law enforcement partners to locate them and bring them before the appropriate court.
The Holmes Run Parkway corridor has drawn police attention in Alexandria's West End before; the block has seen notable violent incidents in recent months, including a fatal police-involved barricade shooting in May, according to Annandale Today. That history comes even as Alexandria's inaugural police annual report, released in June, showed violent crime across the city dropped 26.8% in 2025 compared to the year before, with overall crime down nearly 29.5% over the same span, according to The Alexandria Brief. Stubblefield's case now moves toward the formal extradition process as officials in Richmond and Raleigh work through the paperwork required to bring him back to Virginia.
