A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with an investigation involving a shooting at the Mid South Country Club in Southern Pines.
On Jan. 24, Southern Pines Deputy Police Chief Robert Heaton told Sandhills Sentinel that officers responded shortly before midnight Jan. 11 to a report of shots fired on Plantation Drive in Mid-South Country Club. Heaton said a vehicle and a residence sustained damage in the shooting, but no injuries were reported.
“Upon officer’s arrival, they spoke with residents and other neighbors and determined that both a residence and a vehicle had been damaged as a result of the gunfire,” said Heaton in a press release on Thursday. “A number of spent shell casings were located and collected as evidence from the area.”
Police said the investigation led to the identification of a suspect and the evidence necessary to file charges.
“After consultation with the Moore County District Attorney’s Office, it was determined that, based upon a number of factors, including the severity of the crime, the juvenile will be charged as an adult,” wrote Heaton.
Though a name has not been given due to age, the suspect is facing charges of felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and felony discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling.
Officers took the juvenile into custody without incident and transported the suspect to the Moore County Magistrate’s Office. Authorities remanded the teen to a juvenile detention facility without bond.
Police said the shooting was not a random act of violence and that there is no ongoing threat to residents of the Mid-South community.
Anyone with information that has not already been shared with law enforcement is asked to contact the Southern Pines Police Department at 910-692-7031 or call the department’s tip line at 910-693-4110 to remain anonymous.
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